July 7, 1997

Issued to the University of California related to Potential Quality Assurance Rule Violations associated with an Explosion and Fire at the Los Alamos National Laboratory

On July 7, 1997, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a nuclear safety Enforcement Letter to the Los Alamos National Laboratory related to the inadequate implementation of quality assurance standards for stockpile evaluations that resulted in an explosion and fire at the laboratory.