Regents approve start of negotiations for DOE Lab contracts.
(June 21, 1996 )
Acting on the recommendation of University of California President Richard
C. Atkinson, the UC Board of Regents has authorized the start of
negotiations to continue the university's management of the Lawrence
Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos national laboratories.
The Regents' action, taken at their June business meeting in San Francisco,
was unanimous.
A summary of UC campus activities
DOE Proposes to Extend University of California Contracts (May 15, 1996 ) Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary of Energy Hazel R. O'Leary announced today that the DOE will enter into negotiations with the University of California to seek a five-year extension of the contracts to manage the Lawrence Livermore and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories in California and the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. The present contracts, which account for approximately $2.5 billion annually, expire September 30, 1997.
Reactions and responses to the UCORP Report on UC Management of the DOE Labs:
An Information Booklet on UC Management of the DOE Laboratories
(April 1996)
Diverse opinions exist on the campus about the University of
California's
management
of the three DOE Laboratories: Lawerence Berkeley National Laboratory
(LBNL), Lawerence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Los Alamos
National Laboratory (LANL).
The issues involved are complex. The purpose of this booklet is to
provide highlights of the most
relevant information relating to the contractual relationships
between the University of California and the DOE Laboratories.
UCORP Report on UC Management of the DOE Laboratories (January
1996)
UCORP was asked in 1994 by the Academic Council "to provide an
evaluation of the role
of the University in managing the DOE Laboratories under the current
contract." UCORP
has spent eighteen months in its evaluation of University - DOE
Laboratory relationships.
The Committee reviewed all previous Academic Senate reports, various
other evaluations
and documents, and consulted with a variety of administrators,
faculty, and scientists
affiliated with and/or concerned with this relationship.
The issues involved in the Laboratory management contracts are extremely complex and of great importance to the faculty and students of the University of California and the citizens of the State of California. As a result, it is vital that the University and citizens' communities become educated about this relationship. On the basis of our study, UCORP strongly recommends:
Short descriptions of the supporting documents can be found by clicking here.
Report of the UC President's Council on the DOE Laboratories
(February 1996)
This report addresses the improvements in the UC management of the
DOE National
Laboratories under the current contract, the importance of the
Laboratories to UC and the nation, and stresses the importance of
science based stockpile stewardship to national nuclear deterrence
policy. This report concludes with the recommendation to the UC
President
that the contracts with the DOE Laboratories be renewed.
Re: Council Review--UC Management of the DOE Laboratories
(February 4, 1996)
This is a statement issued by Arnold Leiman, Chair Academic Council;
Duncan Mellichamp, Vice Chair Academic Council; Malcolm Nicol, Past
Chair
of UCPB and past Senate representative to President's Council on DOE
Laboratories; and Daniel Simmons, Past Chair of the Academic Council.
The
statement was sent to all members of the UC Academic Council prior to
presentation of the UCORP Report on the DOE Laboratories. It presents
criticism of the UCORP Report by the current and former Council
leaders.