- Long-Term Environmental Stewardship & Sustainability Strategy ›
- Clean the Past ›
- Control the Present ›
- Introduction
- Something in the Air? ›
- Protections: Sediment ›
- Protections: Sediment Control = Contaminant Retention
- Tour: Sediment Retention
- Protection #2: Trap and Remove Sediment
- Stormwater Controls
- Stop Contaminant Movement & the Individual Permit
- View of Stormwater Monitoring Sites
- Stormwater Control Structures
- How are the aftereffects of wildfire managed?
- Las Conchas Wildfire
- Stormwater Controls after Wildfire
- Los Alamos Canyon Weir
- 10,000 Willows
- Pueblo Canyon Grade Control Structure
- Early Notification Gages
- Protections: Sampling ›
- Protection #3: Sample and Survey
- Tour: Environmental Monitoring
- Groundwater Monitoring
- How does LANL determine where to put a monitoring well?
- Protection of the Groundwater Resource
- The Location Investigation Process
- The Location Determination Process
- Monitoring Well Placement
- Contaminant Sources
- Groundwater Monitoring Network
- View of Groundwater Monitoring Sites
- Well Placement Decision Process
- Create a Sustainable Future ›
- Multimedia ›
What are the MEI results?
Hover over the red squares in the image to view the MEIMEI, or Maximally Exposed Individual, is a hypothetical person located on the border of LANL property. results.
- 2009 MEI
2009 MEI Source: LANSCE
The 2009 MEI was 0.55 millirem. The Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE), an accelerator facility for national security and science, has lowered its emission over the past 16 years, currently well below emission standards. - 2010 MEI
2010 MEI Source: Manhattan Operations
Hillside 138 still has residual plutonim in dust which can become airborn on windy days. The 2010 MEI of 0.33 millirem is well below the 10 millirem limit. - 2011 MEI
2011 MEI Source: MDA B Cleanup
In 2011, due to small amounts of plutonium in dust, an MEI of 3.5 millirem was measured across the street from the northern border of MDA B. This is well below the 10 millirem limit.
Aerial view of Los Alamos townsite and Los Alamos Canyon looking east