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EPA annoucementEPA's Performance Track Announces New Members
EPA is announcing 19 new facilities, including Brookhaven Lab, in the National Environmental Performance Track Program. Performance Track rewards facilities that voluntarily exceed regulatory requirements, implement systems for improving environmental management, work with their communities, and set three-year goals for improvements in environmental performance.

Photo of Brookhaven Lab water towerCitizens Campaign for the Environment Gives an A+ To Brookhaven Lab's Annual Water Quality Report
The independent Citizens Campaign for the Environment has, for the second time, assigned the grade of A+ to the annual Water Quality Consumer Confidence Report issued by Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Photo of Walter MangelNew Machine for Biology Research Prevents Pollution at Brookhaven Lab
As part of its Pollution Prevention Program, Brookhaven recently invested in a machine used for numerous biology experiments at the Lab - a microwave peptide synthesizer. This new machine will reduce hazardous waste produced in making peptides by more than 97 percent.

DOE logoDepartment of Energy Seeks Public Comment on Brookhaven Graphite Reactor Cleanup
The U.S. Department of Energy is seeking public comment on the proposed cleanup plan for the Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor. The public comment period will be open from August 2 to September 3, 2004.

Gulstream G-1 aircraftDOE Scientists Sample the Skies
This summer, scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will take to the skies above Western Pennsylvania for one month to sample the air for aerosol pollutants and evaluate their effects on Earth’s climate.

 

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Last Modified: September 24, 2004


One of ten national laboratories overseen and primarily funded by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies and national security. Brookhaven Lab also builds and operates major scientific facilities available to university, industry and government researchers. Brookhaven is operated and managed for DOE’s Office of Science by Brookhaven Science Associates, a limited-liability company founded by Stony Brook University, the largest academic user of Laboratory facilities, and Battelle, a nonprofit, applied science and technology organization.

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