United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Protecting People and the Environment

The Boeing Company (State of California)

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1.0 Site Identification

Type of Site: Complex Decommissioning Site
Location: Simi Valley,CA
License No.: 0015
Docket No.:
License Status: Unknown
Project Manager: Kim Conway (NRC Decommissioning Contact)

2.0 Site Status Summary

Operated as RocketDyne Santa Susanna Field Lab from the early 1950's. In the 1980's decommissioning activities began. The site includes plutonium based batteries and reactors that were used in outer space. The vast majority of the site is under DOE responsibility. The state portion is now a single building.

3.0 Major Technical or Regulatory Issues

Dual jurisdiction and mixed waste have complicated the release

4.0 Estimated Date For Closure

Page Last Reviewed/Updated Thursday, March 29, 2012