November 30, 1999

Inspection of Selected issues of the Chem-Bio facility at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory 

The Department is seeking to increase its role in the development of new technologies to detect and counter attacks utilizing weapons of mass destruction. Such attacks include chemical and biological agents and nuclear devices. Currently, DOE is involved with this technology development for domestic counter-terrorism purposes, and is also working to assist the military with its preparation for weapons of mass destruction attacks through work-for-others programs.