September 3, 2009

Issued to Stanford University related to a PVC Pipe Explosion at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

On September 3, 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Health, Safety and Security’s Office of Enforcement issued a Final Notice of Violation (WEA-2009-01) to Stanford University for violations of 10 C.F.R. 851 associated with a polyvinyl chloride pipe explosion that occurred in Sector 30 of the linear accelerator facility at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory on September 13, 2007.