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The one-square-mile Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) site is an active multi-program research laboratory operated by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy. A number of research and support operations at LLNL handle, generate, or manage hazardous materials that include radioactive wastes. Hazardous waste treatment activities are carried out on site. The site first was used as a Naval Air Station in the 1940s. In 1951, it was transferred to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and was established as a nuclear weapons and magnetic fusion energy research facility. In 1984, the California Department of Health Services (CDHS) issued an Order for Compliance to LLNL to provide alternative water supplies to residents west of the facility, whose wells had been contaminated by hazardous substances from LLNL. (Another separate and distinct NPL site, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Site 300), is located 15 miles east of LLNL and has its own web page.) There are approximately 50,000 people living within a 2-mile radius of the main Livermore site. It is located about 45 miles east of San Francisco. Groundwater about 2 miles west of the site in downtown Livermore is used as a municipal drinking water source.
1,251 |
People living within a 1 mile radius |
$120,600 |
Average Income |
416 |
Occupied homes |
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