IEER reports on independent audits of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s compliance status with respect to the Clean Air Act and its associated regulations.  The three IEER reports were written by Arjun Makhijani and Bernd Franke for Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety (CCNS).

  1. Monitoring Report of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research on the First Independent Technical Audit of the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Compliance Status With Respect to the Clean Air Act  (11 April 2000)
  2. Download Audit 1

  3. Final Report of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research on the Second Clean Air Act Audit of Los Alamos National Laboratory by the Independent Technical Audit Team (13 December 2000)
  4. Download Audit 2

  5. Report of the Monitoring Team of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research on the [Third] Independent Audit of Los Alamos National Laboratory for Compliance With the Clean Air Act, 40 CFR 61, Subpart H in 2001 to Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety (December 18, 2002)
  6. Download Audit 3


Los Alamos Undergoes Clean Air Act Audits: First Independent Environmental Review of a U.S. Nuclear Weapons Plant, Newsletter article (Science for Democratic Action, v. 10, no. 2, February 2002)

Comments of the Monitoring Team on the Third Independent Audit of LANL for Compliance with the Clean Air Act (October 22, 2002)