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U.S. Radiation Sites CA

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1. Cornelia c 2
   mine
   CA
   
   
2. Alameda NAS
   transportation
   Alameda, CA
   
   nuclear ships
   Shipping radioactive material
   
   
3. Barstow Base *
   contaminated site
   Barstow, CA
   
   Marine Corps
   NPL Site
   Underground vaults
   
   
4. Lawrence Berkeley *
   contaminated site
   Berkeley, CA
   
   DOE lab / moderate contamination
   Research reactor shutdown
   
   
5. U Cal. Berkeley
   Industry & Science
   Berkeley, CA
   
   Academic Broad Scope
   Contaminated Site cleanup 'complete' 1992
   
   
6. U. Cal., Berkeley
   Industry & Science
   Berkeley, CA
   
   Rad Experiments (B.V.A. Low-Beer)
   1948-72(J.H. Lawrence/ C.A.Tobias /J.Born /N.Berli
   
   
7. Isotope Products Labs
   Industry & Science
   Burbank, CA
   Large Lab
   
   
8. Camp Roberts 8
   contaminated site
   Camp Roberts, CA
   
   NPL Site
   Depleted Uranium
   
   
9. L-47
   DOE Reactor
   Canoga Park, CA
   
   
10. Rocketdyne Division *
    Industry & Science
    Canoga Park, CA
    
    Decommissioning Uranium Fuel Fabrication Plants
    Decommissioning liscense for unrestricted use
    
    
11. Castle AFB *
    contaminated site
    Castle AFB, CA
    
    NPL Site
    Landfill/chemical sites/rad waste dump
    
    
12. Chennault AFB *
    contaminated site
    Chennault AFB, CA
    
    NPL Site
    Pipe disposal site
    
    
13. Naval Weapons Center *
    Radioactive Material
    China Lake, CA
    Depleted Uranium
    
    
14. Rancho Seco **
    Power Reactor
    Clay Station, CA
    
    B&W pressurized water(228.3 MTU irradiated fuel on site)
    Shutdown by Sacremento referendum 1989
    
    
15. Armtec Defense Products
    Radioactive Material
    Coachella, CA
    Depleted Uranium
    
    
16. Concord NWS *
    Nuclear Weapons
    Concord, CA
    
    Deployment(all weapons removed as of 1995)
    225 gravity bombs &45 SLCMs
    
    
17. Sterigenics
    Industry & Science
    Corona, CA
    Large irradiator
    
    
18. Davis Lab
    contaminated site
    Davis, CA
    Cobalt 66 contamination
    
    
19. Diablo Canyon #1 **
    Power Reactor
    Diablo Canyon, CA
    
    1073MW
    (171.8 MTU irradiated fuel on site)
    
    
20. Diablo Canyon #2 **
    Power Reactor
    Diablo Canyon, CA
    
    1087MW
    (142.0 MTU irradiated fuel on site)
    
    
21. Aerojet Ordnance Co.
    Radioactive Material
    Downy, CA
    Depleted Uranium
    
    
22. City of Hope Med. Cen.
    Industry & Science
    Duarte, CA
    
    Rad Experiments
    1960-64(Melville L. Jacobs)
    
    
23. El Toro Base *
    contaminated site
    El Toro, CA
    
    NPL Site
    Marine Air Base/depleted uranium
    
    
24. Humbolt Bay **
    Power Reactor
    Eureka, CA
    
    GE boiling water
    Shutdown 1976(28.9 MTU irradiated fuel on site)
    
    
25. U.S. Air Force, Fairfield
    Industry & Science
    Fairfield, CA
    
    Rad Experiments
    1974(Neil Martin)
    
    
26. Fort McArthur *
    contaminated site
    Fort McArthur, CA
    
    NPL Site
    Rad waste storage buildings
    
    
27. Fort Ord *
    contaminated site
    Fort Ord, CA
    
    NPL Site
    contaminated building/rad storage
    
    
28. Sterigenics Intl.
    Industry & Science
    Fremont, CA
    
    Irradiators greater than 10,000 curies
    High activity sealed sources for R&D, sterilizatio
    
    
29. V.A. Hospital, Fresno
    Industry & Science
    Fresno, CA
    
    Rad Experiments
    1959-70(B.Duff/N.Ende/W.Waldmann)
    
    
30. Beckman Instruments
    Industry & Science
    Fullerton, CA
    Manufacturing Devices License
    
    
31. Northrop Corp.
    Industry & Science
    Hawthorne, CA
    Broad scope A / R&D / Small irridiator
    
    
32. Northrup Corporate
    DOE Reactor
    Hawtrhorne, CA
    TRIGA-Mk F
    
    
33. McDonnell Douglas
    Industry & Science
    Huntington Beac,
    Manufacturing, source material / R&D
    
    
34. Crown Mines
    mine
    Imperial, CA
    
    
35. Gyp
    mine
    Imperial, CA
    
    
36. Salton Sea Test Base *
    contaminated site
    Imperial Co., CA
    
    Heavy rad contamination
    US Navy/Sandia
    
    
37. Coso
    mine
    Inyo, CA
    
    
38. Univ. of California *
    Univ.
    Irvine, CA
    250KW
    
    
39. Hack 2&3 Mine
    mine
    Kern, CA
    
    
40. Kergon 1
    mine
    Kern, CA
    
    
41. Little Sparkler
    mine
    Kern, CA
    
    
42. Nob Hill
    mine
    Kern, CA
    
    
43. Owen 5
    mine
    Kern, CA
    
    
44. Pioneer 1
    mine
    Kern, CA
    
    
45. APFA-III
    DOE Reactor
    La Jolla, CA
    
    Accelerator Fast Pulsed
    Formerly at Livermore
    
    
46. Scripps Institute *
    Industry & Science
    La Jolla, CA
    Large Lab / Broad B / R&D
    
    
47. Torrey Pines
    DOE Reactor
    La Jolla, CA
    
    
48. Univ. Cal. San Diego
    Industry & Science
    La Jolla, CA
    
    Broad Scope Academic / Medical Broad Scope
    Low-level waste
    
    
49. General Atomics *
    DOE/Military
    LaJolla, CA
    TRIGA Mk.1 prototype
    
    
50. Lola G
    mine
    Lassen, CA
    
    
51. Lawrence Livermore Lab **
    Production
    Livermore, CA
    
    Major Weapons research lab
    Gross radiation contamination
    
    
52. LIWB.Homogenous
    DOE Reactor
    Livermore, CA
    Livermore water boiler
    
    
53. LPTR.Tank
    DOE Reactor
    Livermore, CA
    Livermore Pool Type
    
    
54. V.A. Hospital, Livermore
    Industry & Science
    Livermore, CA
    
    Rad Experiments (P.Tsapralis/W.Florsheim)
    1961-70(A.Williams/G.Magid/H.Murdock/M.Civen/P.Lei
    
    
55. Loma Linda Univ.
    Industry & Science
    Loma Linda, CA
    Academic Broad A / Medical Broad Scope
    
    
56. Long Beach Shipyard **
    transportation
    Long Beach, CA
    
    Dismantling of nuclear ships
    Shipping irradiated fuel rods
    
    
57. V.A. Hospital, Long Beach
    Industry & Science
    Long Beach, CA
    
    Rad Experiments (R.Baswell/W.Florsheim)
    1956-73(A.Williams/B.Felder/I.Harary/p.Leins/R.Bod
    
    
58. Cedars of Lebanon Hosp.
    Industry & Science
    Los Angeles, CA
    
    Rad Experiments
    1952(H.L.Jaffee)
    
    
59. Hughes Helicopter
    Radioactive
    Los Angeles, CA
    Depleted Uranium
    
    
60. L.A.County Hosp.
    Industry & Science
    Los Angeles, CA
    
    Rad Experiments
    1951(H.Rollman)
    
    
61. Molycorp, Inc.
    Industry & Science
    Los Angeles, CA
    
    Rare Earth Extraction & Processing
    Extraction of metals,heavy metals with uranium byproduct
    
    
62. NL Industries
    Radioactive Material
    Los Angeles, CA
    Depleted Uranium
    
    
63. Southern Cal
    Industry & Science
    Los Angeles, CA
    Academic broad A / Medical broad /
    
    
64. UCLA
    Industry & Science
    Los Angeles, CA
    Academic broad scope/ Medical broad scope
    U. Research Shutdown
    
    
65. V.A. Hosp. Los angeles
    Industry & Science
    Los Angeles, CA
    
    Rad Experiments
    1951-73(M.Hays/M.Schotz/M.Tubis/N.Baker/W.Blahd/D.
    
    
66. V.A. Med . Cen.
    Industry & Science
    Los Angeles, CA
    
    Broad medical license for teaching & research
    Wide range of radionuclides
    
    
67. Patsy Group
    mine
    Madera, CA
    
    
68. USS Gurnard
    Nuclear Powered
    Mare Isaland, CA
    Attack sub
    
    
69. USS Drum
    Nuclear Powered
    Mare Island, CA
    U. Research Shutdown
    
    
70. USS Hawkbill
    Nuclear Powered
    Mare Island, CA
    U. Research Shutdown
    
    
71. USS Kahehameha
    Nuclear Powered
    Mare Island, CA
    Attack Sub
    
    
72. USS Mariano G. Vallejo*
    Nuclear Powered
    Mare Island, CA
    Poseidon sub
    
    
73. USS Pintado
    Nuclear Powered
    Mare Island, CA
    U. Research Shutdown
    
    
74. USS Stonewall Jackson *
    Nuclear Powered
    Mare Island, CA
    
    Poseidon Sub
    Ballistic nuclear sub
    
    
75. V.A. Hospital, Martinez
    Industry & Science
    Martinez, CA
    
    Rad Experiments
    1964-70(J. Magnum/P.Melnick)
    
    
76. SNRS-1 *
    DOD/DOE Reactor
    McClellan AFB, CA
    Stationary Neutron Radiography System
    
    
77. Geological survey
    Industry & Science
    Menlo Park, CA
    
    Research & Development Broad type A
    Diversity in use of various radionuclides / multi-curie range
    
    
78. Miramar NAS *
    contaminated site
    Miramar, CA
    
    NPL Site
    
    Rad waste burial
    
    
79. Ames Res. Cent. *
    Industry & Science
    Moffett Fiels, CA
    
    Research & Development Broad type A
    
    Diversity in use of various radionuclides / multi-curie range
    
    
80. Emerald 1
    mine
    Mono, CA
    
    
81. UTR Test
    DOE Reactor
    Mountain View, CA
    American Radiator & Standard Sanitary
    
    
82. UTR-1
    DOE Reactor
    Mountain View, CA
    
    Am. Standard Inc.
    Atoms for Peace exhibit
    
    
83. Dewey Electronics
    Industry & Science
    Oakland, CA
    
    Byproduct Material Possession Only
    Residual contamination & other byproduct material
    
    
84. Mare Island Shipyard **
    transportation
    Oakland, CA
    
    Dismantling nuclear ships
    Shipping irradiated fuel
    
    
85. Naval Hospital, Oakland
    Industry & Science
    Oakland, CA
    
    Rad Experiments
    A.Wales(date unknown)
    
    
86. V.A. Hospital, Oakland
    Industry & Science
    Oakland, CA
    
    Rad Experiments
    1961-63(L.Jacobs/P.Melnick)
    
    
87. Interstate Nuclear Services *
    Industry & Science
    Ontario, CA
    Nuclear Laundry
    
    
88. Oxnard Facility
    contaminated site
    Oxnard, CA
    forging equipment
    
    
89. Stanford
    U. Research
    Palo Alto, CA
    
    
90. Stanford Linear Acc.*
    contaminated site
    Palo Alto, CA
    Rad waste/PCBs/Heavy Metals etc.
    
91. V.A. Hospital, Palo Alto
    Industry & Science
    Palo Alto, CA
    
    Rad Experiments (B.Rothfeld/J.Parker)
    1968-73(D.Goodwin/G.Denardo/M.Fogel/J.Heaton/K.Tay
    
    
92. V.A. Med . Cen.
    Industry & Science
    Palo Alto, CA
    
    Broad medical license for teaching & research
    Wide range of radionuclides
    
    
93. Varian Associates
    Industry & Science
    Palo alto, CA
    
    Source Material - shielding
    Licensed in Illinois/DU
    
    
94. Cal Tech
    Industry & Science
    Pasadena, CA
    
    Broad academic
    Small irradiator
    
    
95. ESADA
    DOE Reactor
    Pleasanton, CA
    
    Experimental light water power
    SD 1967
    
    
96. General Electric Test *
    DOE/Military
    Pleasanton, CA
    Light water
    
    
97. General Test*
    DOE Reactor
    Pleasanton, CA
    
    
98. Interstate Nuclear Services *
    Industry & Science
    Pleasanton, CA
    Nuclear Laundry
    
    
99. Vallecitos Nuclear Center **
    Industry & Science
    Pleasanton, CA
    
    Critical Mass Material Liscense
    Possession of SNM sufficent to form critical mass
    
    
100. VBWR*
     DOE Reactor
     Pleasanton, CA
     Experimental Power
     
     
101. TRW *
     Industry & Science
     Redondo Beach, CA
     
     Research & Development Broad type A/Broad industrial
     Diversity in use of various radionuclides / multi-curie range
     
     
102. Chevron Research
     Industry & Science
     Richmond, CA
     Large lab
     
     
103. Group 102
     mine
     Riverside, CA
     
     
104. Lucky 3
     mine
     Riverside, CA
     
     
105. Melody Group
     mine
     Riverside, CA
     
     
106. Northeast Group
     mine
     Riverside, CA
     
     
107. Royal Flush
     mine
     Riverside, CA
     
     
108. Mather AFB *
     contaminated site
     Sacremento, CA
     
     NPL Site
     Shallow burial
     
     
109. McClellan AFB *
     contaminated site
     Sacremento, CA
     
     NPL Site
     Shallow burial
     
     
110. UC Davis Med. Center
     Industry & Science
     Sacremento, CA
     Academic broad A
     
     
111. Big Hunch 1
     mine
     San Bernadino, CA
     
     
112. Mindte
     mine
     San Bernadino, CA
     
     
113. Norton AFB *
     contaminated site
     San Bernadino, CA
     
     NPL Site
     Shallow burial
     
     
114. Rose of Sharon
     mine
     San Bernadino, CA
     
     
115. Fisons Instruments
     Industry & Science
     San Carlos, CA
     Manufacturing devices/ R & D
     
     
116. San Onofre #1 **
     Power Reactor
     San Clemente, CA
     
     436MW
     (76.2 MTU irradiated fuel on site)
     
     
117. San Onofre #2 **
     Power Reactor
     San Clemente, CA
     
     1070MW
     (226.2 MTU irradiated fuel on site)
     
     
118. San Onofre #3 **
     Power Reactor
     San Clemente, CA
     
     1080MW
     (243.9 MTU irradiated fuel on site)
     
     
119. General Atomics **
     Industry & Science
     San Diego, CA
     
     Uranium Fuel Fabrication(3 inspections/year)
     Fuel rod fabrication plant/Broad type A / Large lab/hot cell
     
     
120. Hybritech *
     Industry & Science
     San Diego, CA
     Broad type A / Manufactiring / small irridiator
     
     
121. IRT Corporation **
     Industry & Science
     San Diego, CA
     
     Critical Mass Material Liscense / enriched uranium
     Possession of SNM sufficent to form critical mass
     
     
122. KUKLA.Prompt*
     DOE Reactor
     San Diego, CA
     Nuclear Effects
     
     
123. Maxwell Labs
     Industry & Science
     San Diego, CA
     Large lab / R&D / Small irriadiator
     
     
124. Naval Hospital, San Diego
     Industry & Science
     San Diego, CA
     
     Rad Experiments
     1968-74(A.Schroeder/R.Fosburg/S.Hurwitz/?.Roper)
     
     
125. North Island NAS *
     Nuclear Weapons
     San Diego, CA
     
     Deployment/Rad shipments/major nuke storage
     200 gravity bombs/100 depth bombs/65 slcms
     
     
126. Salk Institute
     Industry & Science
     San Diego, CA
     Academic broad scope
     
     
127. San Diego N.S. **
     transportation
     San Diego, CA
     
     Nuclear ships service
     Shipments of nuclear fuel
     
     
128. San Diego State U.
     Industry & Science
     San Diego, CA
     Academic broad scope
     
     
129. TRIGA-Mk.U-Zr*
     DOE Reactor
     San Diego, CA
     Exhibit Reactor
     
     
130. V.A. Med. Cen.
     Industry & Science
     San Diego, CA
     
     Broad medical license for teaching & research
     Wide range of radionuclides
     
     
131. Camp Stoneman
     Industry & Science
     San Francisco, CA
     
     Rad Experiments
     1959(R.H.Black)
     
     
132. Langley Porter Clinic
     Industry & Science
     San Francisco, CA
     
     Rad Experiments
     1948-49(E.Miller)
     
     
133. Presidio *
     contaminated site
     San Francisco, CA
     
     NPL Site
     Rad waste storage bldg
     
     
134. Univ. Cal. San Francisco
     Industry & Science
     San Francisco, CA
     Broad scope A / Medical broad scope
     
     
135. Univ.Cal., San Francisco
     Industry & Science
     San Francisco, CA
     
     Rad Experiments (W.Snyder)
     1949-75(E.Miller/J.Lawrence/J.Castro/K.Scott/R.Sto
     
     
136. V.A.Hosp., San Francisco
     Industry & Science
     San Francisco, CA
     
     Rad Experiments (S.Ross/R.Newell/S.Ross
     1956-75(F.Jergesen/G.Searle/R.Cavalieri/R.Lewis/W.
     
     
137. V.A. Med Cen.
     Industry & Science
     San Francisco, CA
     
     Broad medical license for teaching & research
     Wide range of radionuclides
     
     
138. GE Nuclear Energy Division *
     Radioactive
     San Jose, CA
     
     Transport-Private Carriage license / 33 kg U238
     Possession of SNM in packages & transport
     
     
139. California Polytechnic
     Industry & Science
     San Louis Obisp,
     
     Depleted Uranium/Research & Development
     Shutdown Research Reactor
     
     
140. Aerotest Operations *
     DOE/Military
     San Ramon, CA
     Pool-TRIGA core 250KW
     
     
141. UC Santa Barbara
     U. Research
     Santa Barbara, CA
     
     
142. KEWB*
     DOE Reactor
     Santa Susana, CA
     Kinetic experiment water boilers
     
     
143. Santa Susana Lab. **
     Production
     Santa Susana, CA
     
     former reactor complex/fabrication plant
     SD 1989/cleanup ongoing/serious contamination
     
     
144. Sodium Reactor Experiment*
     DOE Reactor
     Santa Susana, CA
     Experimental Power Reactor
     
     
145. STIR.Pool*
     DOE Reactor
     Santa Susana, CA
     
     Shield Test & Irriadiation
     Graphite
     
     
146. Sierra Nuclear Corp.
     Industry & Science
     Scotts Valley, CA
     
     Interim "spent" fuel storage license
     Dry cask
     
     
147. V.A. Hospital, Sepulveda
     Industry & Science
     Sepulveda, CA
     
     Rad Experiments
     1961-72(M.Cohen/M.Wagner/L.Spolter/J,Arvan/T.Munns
     
     
148. V. A. Med Cen.
     Industry & Science
     Sepulveda, CA
     
     Broad medical license for teaching & research
     Wide range of radionuclides
     
     
149. Pine cone + SL
     mine
     Sierra, CA
     
     
150. Stanford Univ.
     Industry & Science
     Stanford, CA
     Academic broad A / Medical broad scope
     
     
151. Lockheed Missiles & Space *
     Industry & Science
     Sunnyvale, CA
     Broad scope A / R &D
     
     
152. National Nuclear Corp.
     Industry & Science
     Sunnyvale, CA
     Depleted uranium / R&D
     
     
153. Sierra Army Depot *
     Nuclear Weapons
     Susanville, CA
     
     Deployment(all weapons removed as of 1995)
     Tactical nukes being phased out
     
     
154. Sierra Army Depot *
     Industry & Science
     Susanville, CA
     
     Source Mtl. > 150Kg.
     Fabrication/research/manufacture & Depleted Uranium
     
     
155. UCLA Medical Center *
     Industry & Science
     Torrance, CA
     Broad type A academic / Medical broad scope
     
     
156. Travis AFB *
     contaminated site
     Travis AFB, CA
     
     NPL Site
     Underground storage/dry site
     
     
157. Pagano Salvage Yard
     contaminated site
     Valencis Co., CA
     Sandia Lab
     
     
158. General Electric *
     Radioactive
     Vallecito, CA
     125kg U238, 1 kg U235, 33 kg Depleted Uranium
     
     
159. Vandenburg AFB *
     contaminated site
     Vandenburg AFB, CA
     
     NPL Site
     Shallow burial
     
     
160. Grace Energy, Inc.
     Industry & Science
     Venice, CA
     
     Heap Leach & Byproduct Recovery
     Recovery of uranium by spraying acid over low grade ore
     
     
161. George AFB *
     contaminated site
     Victor View, CA
     
     NPL Site
     Radiation contamination & toxics
     
     
162. V.A. Hospital, Wadsworth
     Industry & Science
     Wadsworth, CA
     
     Rad Experiments W.Blahd/W.Oldendorf
     1971-73(F.Singer/G.Krishnamurthy/M.Tubis/M.Winston
     
     
163. Ward Valley Dump
     Radioactive
     Ward Valley, CA
     
     Proposed 'low-level' waste dump
     Near colorado river / Endangered species habitat
     
     

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