Photo courtesy of National Nuclear Security Administration / Nevada Site Office

Mar. '10 Tour Tour Date Thursday, Mar. 25, 2010 (tentative) Paperwork Deadlines (strict - NO flexibility) US Citizens: March 12, 2010 non-US Citizens: January 21, 2010 Back to Las Vegas TC (03/10)    Register for TC Now

 

Description

It is now a well established tradition that -whenever the TC takes place in Las Vegas- we include a Tour of the Nevada Test Site (NTS) at the end of the Classroom sessions. The next Tours are planned for Thursday, Mar. 25, 2010 (tentative).

The Tour will include TC related work areas and some historic areas. If you are interested in the Tour please make sure to read the sections below on "Needed Paperwork","Prohibited Items" and "NTS Site Tour Attire".

Tour Program

Tour sites scheduled to be visited (subject to change) include:

• Yucca Mountain Project,
• completed D&D project sites,
• on-going D&D project sites,
• yet to be done D&D project sites,
• Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Complex (RWMC)
• Area 3 RWMC
• Soudan Crater and numerous other drive-by viewing of historic NTS sites/relics

 

The drive out to the NTS and back requires 1.5 - 2 hours each way / lunch will be either box lunches or a stop at the Mercury site cafeteria. Tour departs hotel at 0700 and returns at about 1800.

Needed Paperwork:

Attendees wishing to participate in the Tour will have to submit a Form to be granted access to the Nevada Test Site, namely:

• US citizens will need to submit by March 12, 2010 the NV-205 Form ("Information Required From Uncleared U.S. Citizens for Access to U.S. Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office Facilities")
  • Download NV-205 Form for US Citizens going to attend Mar. 10 TC Session
    PDF (488KB).
• non-US citizens will need to submit the UFV&A Long Format IAP-66 Form by January 21, 2010
  Download UFV&A Long Format IAP-66 Form for non-US Citizens PDF (1MB).

Please download the form which suits your case, print it out, fill it in and fax it to us at 630-252-7577 (address to Larry Boing). Follow the Instructions (see below). The form will then be submitted by us to the NTS security office.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FORMS

All NTS site tour forms MUST be completed in typewritten form. NO handwritten / 'printed by hand' completed forms will be able to be accepted. Thank you for your compliance with this requirement.
See also the Instructions on how to complete the Forms for the Argonne Decommissioning Training Course Nevada Test Site Tour:

• Instructions (Mar. 2010 Attendees)
  PDF (22KB)

IMPORTANT

US Citizens: The NV-205 forms transmitted by fax must be received by Larry Boing by no later than March 12, 2010.
Non-US Citizens: The UFV&A Long Format IAP-66 forms transmitted by fax must be received by Larry Boing by no later than January 21, 2010.
If you do not sumbit in time the form NV-205 (US Citizens only) or UFV&A Long Format IAP-66 Form (non-US citizens only) you won't be granted access to NTS and we cannot add you to the list of Tour participants. In other words, if the form is not submitted to us by the date mentioned above we cannot guarantee approval / authorization for you to join the Tour. The dates for tour paperwork submittals are cast in stone and the deadlines are strictly enforced - no flexibility!
Thanks in advance for your cooperation!

Problems with PDF files?

Please read the Help for PDF files of this web site if you need assistance on downloading the PDF file. For assistance contact:
Lawrence E. Boing
TC Director, Argonne National Laboratory
Phone: (630) 252-6729
Fax: (630) 252-7577

Prohibited items

Please make sure to check the DOE-NTS Prohibited Article Policy PDF (183K).

NTS Site Tour Attire

As far as recommended attire for the tour, since we will be traveling a great deal, comfortable attire is recommended. The site operates with a very casual dress code from levis and T-shirts or polo-shirts to business casual (suits are definitely discouraged). Footwear should be sturdy, but no boots will be required for the walkdown. No open-toed shoes are permitted. Any additional PPE will be provided at the facility, if needed. The weather should be nice the end of March, but a light jacket may be in order for the early morning hours.

Access Authorization

Tour access to facilities/sites to be toured even as a part of this TC by the TC participants is solely at the discretion of the operating organization at which the tour is being offered. We cannot and do not guarantee access to any site/facility for this tour - that access authorization is based solely upon the site or facility access authority and their requirements and conditions for access. We apologize in advance if this causes anyone difficulties.

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