SSFL Advisory Panel Reports
The SSFL Advisory Panel was formed to oversee the 1997 UCLA worker health studies. On October 2006, the panel members and their consultants released the following reports:
- Report of the SSFL Advisory Panel, October 2006
- Assessment of Potential Pathways of Release Following the SRE Accident, October 2006, David Lochbaum
- Feasibility of Developing Exposure Estimates for use in Epidemiological Studies of Radioactive Emissions, October 2006, Jan Beyea
- Geologic Features and Their Potential Effects on Contaminant Migration, October 2006, Howard G. Wilshire,
- Analysis of the Clay Cap to Control Groundwater Recharge Below the Former Sodium Burn Pit, October 2006, William C. Bianchi
- Potential Land Use Impact on Hydraulics and Perchlorate Distribution in the Simi Valley, October 2006, M. Ali Tabidian (3.0 MB)
Technical response and comments on the Advisory Panel Reports are:
- Boeing's Comments on the Advisory Panel Reports, November 2006
- Review of the Beyea and Lochbaum Reports by John R. Frazier, Ph.D., November 2006
- Review of the Lochbaum Report by John Krsul, November 2006
- Review of the Bianchi, Wilshire and Tabidian reports by the Waterloo Panel, November 2006
Several reports were written shortly after the 1959 Sodium Reactor Experiment accident. Both the Advisory Panel reports and associated technical responses refer to these original documents:
- NAA-SR-4488, "SRE Fuel Element Damage - Interim Report", November 1959 (2.4MB)
- NAA-SR-4488-Supl, "SRE Fuel Element Damage - Final Report", 1961
- NAA-SR-6890, "Distribution of Fission Product Contamination in the SRE", March 1962
In 2005, two independent studies were completed that confirmed earlier findings that only small quantities of noble gases were released following the accident and that no iodine-131 or cesium-137 was released.
- Chemical Behavior of Iodine-131 During the SRE Fuel Element Damage in July 1959, Jerry D. Christian Ph.D., May 26, 2005 (6 MB)
- Investigation of Releases from Santa Susana Sodium Reactor Experiment in 1959, John A. Daniel Sr., May 27, 2005 (4.7 MB)
