Special Nuclear Material

Aircraft returned to GAFB for decontamination
Completed Exposure Pathway (CEP)

George AFB’s Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Testing Decontamination Centers

March 1, 2026
If you lived or worked near the west side of George AFB, at an engine test cell, or in the weapons test bunker, you were likely exposed to unsafe levels of fission byproducts (radioactive dust) from decontaminating dozens of aircraft and equipment used in the open-air nuclear tests at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). This exposure could potentially pose serious health risks to [Read More…]
CERCLA §120(h) - Deed Restrictions
Documents

1980-12-11 – CERCLA §120(h) Deed Restrictions – Special Nuclear Material

June 24, 2017
Because all activities supporting the nuclear defense program are highly classified to protect national security Congress included a provision in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) that requires the DOD to withhold information and records about Special Nuclear Material at its Superfund sites.  This requirement creates a unique set of problems for the DOD; Federal, State, and Local regulators when trying [Read More…]
Radioactive Waste Disposal Site at George AFB SEDA
Burn Pits

George AFB’s Weapons Storage and Assembly Area and Southeast Disposal Area

April 20, 2014
The Southeast Disposal Area’s RW-09 radioactive disposal site is physically located about a ¼ mile upstream of the Drinking Water Supply Wells for George AFB, Adelanto, CA, several homes, and the former Victor Valley Country Club.  Unfortunately, the groundwater flows northeast from the SEDA, directly toward these drinking water supply wells.  This created a potential exposure to tens of thousands of civilians, and military [Read More…]
Criteria for the Certification and Re-Certification of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Documents

EPA 1996: Lost AEC Records – Example of Passive Institutional Controls Failure at Air Force Bases (Including George AFB)

December 18, 2011
Lost AEC Records Another recent example of the failure of records to maintain knowledge of waste burial operations pertains to low level nuclear waste buried on U.S. Air Force controlled land under the authority and purview of the AEC.22  This example in no way establishes or suggests that the sites in question pose an immediate or long term risk to human health or [Read More…]