Details on LANL Cleanup Transition Plan to Come Out Today

The Department of Energy is expected to roll out details today of its plan for transitioning management of legacy cleanup work at Los Alamos National Laboratory to the Office of Environmental Management. DOE has scheduled a press call this afternoon on the topic with EM Acting Assistant Secretary Mark Whitney and Los Alamos Site Office Manager Kim Lebak-Davis. Currently cleanup work at Los Alamos is managed by the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Los Alamos Field Office but funded by EM. However, after pressure from New Mexico for the change, in late September DOE established working groups to develop a plan for the transition of legacy cleanup work to contracts managed by EM. The transition plan was due to DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz on Nov. 14.