Environmental studies group

The Western states and Alaska provide major energy resources and the consequent potential for major environmental impacts related to increased energy production. Ecological aspects of a variety of energy-related activities are being investigated including the trans-Alaska pipeline, Four Corners coal utilization, uranium tailings rehabilitation, the dry geothermal energy demonstration, and radioecological surveys in northern Alaska, Los Alamos and environs, and Trinity Site. Meteorological transport models applicable to the complex terrain of the Western states are being developed using the Los Alamos vicinity as a preliminary test locale