Energy Department to Remove Eight Toxic Buildings from Santa Susana Site

摘要

The U.S. Department of Energy has reached an agreement with the state to demolish its remaining eight buildings at the contaminated Santa Susana Field Laboratory as part of the much-delayed cleanup of the site. The eight buildings are at the department's former Energy Technology and Engineering Center, which, starting in the 1960s, served as a premiere research facility for the United States during the Cold War. The energy department and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, which is overseeing the long-planned remediation of the site outside Simi Valley, announced the agreement this month. "The actions being announced ... further demonstrate the Department of Energy's strong commitment to address the environmental legacy from government research in the Cold War era," U.S Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette said in a statement.