Laboratory Information:
NNSA - Nevada Site Office
P.O. Box 98521
Las Vegas, NV 89192-8521
Website: http://www.nv.doe.gov/
Technology Transfer Website: http://www.nv.doe.gov/about/business/default.htm
Agency/Department: Dept. of Energy
Region: Far West
FLC Laboratory Representative:
Dana Lindsay
Phone: 702-295-0141
Fax: 702-295-3222
Email: lindsadc@nv.doe.gov
Background/History of the Laboratory:
The Atomic Energy Commission opened the
Nevada Operations Office at 2753 South Highland Drive in Las
Vegas, Nev., in March 1962. After a period of 35 years, May 1997, the doors on Highland Drive closed
and the
Nevada Operations Office relocated to the Nevada Support Facility. Most of the work performed by our
federal
employees is project management in the scientific and engineering fields. Supporting these scientific
and
engineering functions are a variety of technical and administrative positions. The Nevada Operations
Office was
created and located in Las Vegas, Nev., in 1962, to oversee and take responsibility for the operations
and
programs of the Nevada Test Site. Our current primary mission is to preserve the nation's capability
to resume
testing and maintain the strategic nuclear stockpile. The Nevada Test Site also serves the nation as
a proving
ground for alternative energy research and Department of Defense projects that require the isolation,
complex
infrastructure, and technical expertise we can provide. As a National Environmental Research park, the
Nevada
Test Site is home to important environmental activities including technology development, clean up and
remediation of contaminated environments, and waste management. The Test Site is a unique outdoor
laboratory where federal agencies and private industry conduct large-scale open-air experiments with
hazardous and toxic chemicals and test remediation and emergency response techniques.
Mission of the Laboratory:
Nevada Site Office current missions are:
-
National Security - Support the Stockpile
Stewardship Program through subcritical and other weapons
physics experiments, nuclear test readiness, emergency management, training and demonstration for
defense systems, advanced high hazard operations, and other national security experimental
programs;
- Environmental Management - Support environmental restoration,
groundwater characterization, and low-
level radioactive waste management;
- Stewardship of the Nevada Test Site (NTS) - Manage the
land and facilities at the NTS as a unique and
valuable national resource;
- Technology Diversification and Economic Diversification
- Support traditional and nontraditional
departmental programs and commercial activities that are compatible with the Stockpile Stewardship
Program.
Technology Transfer Mechanisms:
- Cooperative Agreements
- Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs)
- Patent License Agreements
- User Facility Agreement
- Technical Consulting and Personnel Exchange
- Reimbursable Work-For-Others
Technology Areas of Expertise:
- Environmental Restoration
- Evaluating Dose Rates
- Exposure Pathways
- Groundwater
- Important Animals
- Industrial Sites
- Low-Level Waste
- Mixed Low-Level Waste
- Offsite Radiological
- Offsite Radiological
- Onsite Air Quality
- Onsite Radiological
- Onsite Radiological
- Onsite Water Quality
- Radiological Dose to the Public
- Radiological Monitoring
- Sensitive Plants
- Soil Monitoring
- Soils ProjectPlants & Animals
- Species and Habitats
- TransportationWater Monitoring
- Transuranic Waste
- Waste Management
- Air Monitoring
- Desert Tortoise
- Direct Radiation Monitoring
