The New Mexico Environment Department has scheduled a virtual community engagement meeting Feb. 25 to discuss issues on the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory, including radioactive contamination found on a public road outside the federal complex.
The session, which will be held via Webex, is planned from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Mountain Time.
The purpose of such regularly scheduled meetings is to encourage community discussion of topics related to the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) activity at the DOE lab. During the session there will be an update on air monitoring data associated with the DP Road contamination.
In February 2020, Los Alamos County workers digging up an old utility line as part of preparation for a new housing complex, unearthed unknown radiological materials near an old disposal site on land deeded from DOE to the county several years ago.
While some of the large debris has already been extracted from the DP Road site and taken to a disposal site in Texas, much analysis and reclamation remains to be done, state and local officials have said. The DOE has submitted a cleanup plan to the state.
In addition, NMED Department of Energy Oversight Bureau will provide an overview of how to search publicly available information on a database on the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
To submit questions ahead of time, contact NMED’s Oversight Bureau Chief Chris Catechis at 505-469-6521 or [email protected].
Questions can still be asked during the meeting. The Webex link and meeting information can be found here.
