

Community Advisory Council Meeting Minutes
2025
April 10, 2025- Hybrid meeting, 6:30 p.m.
March 13, 2025- Hybrid meeting, 6:30 p.m.
2024
November 14, 2024- Hybrid meeting, 6:30 p.m.
- Final Notes
- Agenda
- Presentation: Groundwater status update
- Presentation: 2024 CAC Survey results
- Video
October 10, 2024- Hybrid meeting, 6:30 p.m.
- Final Notes
- Draft Agenda
- Presentation: Annual Lab Plan
- Presentation: Common cause analysis results-tritiated water events
- Presentation: Site Environmental Report
- Video
September 12, 2024- Hybrid meeting, 6:30 p.m.
- Final Notes
- Agenda
- Presentation: Environmental updates
- Presentation: Message from Director Hewett
- Video
May 9, 2024- Hybrid meeting, 6:30 p.m.
- Draft Agenda
- Presentation: Environmental Updates
- Presentation: Natural and Cultural Resource update
- Presentation: Explore Brookhaven Open House overview
- Presentation: BNL Strategy in Biopreparedness
- Minutes
- Video
April 11, 2024- Hybrid meeting, 6:30 p.m.
- Agenda
- Presentation: Small Business and Procurement opportunities at BNL
- Presentation: Sustainable Purchasing and the GreenBuy Award program
- Minutes
- Video
March 14, 2024- Hybrid meeting, 6:30 p.m.
2023
November 9, 2023- Hybrid meeting, 6:30 p.m.
- Draft Agenda
- Presentation: Ann Emrick, Operations Highlights for the Lab
- Presentation: Cathy Cutler, Update on the Medical Isotope program at Brookhaven Lab
- Presentation: Robert Carter, Transitioning the Isotope Program to a Nuclear Regulatory Structure
- Presentation: Jennifer Higbie, Environmental Assessment: Clinical Alpha Radionuclide Producer
- Minutes
- Video
October 12, 2023- Hybrid meeting, 6:30 p.m.
September 21, 2023- Hybrid meeting, 6:30 p.m.
- Draft Agenda
- Director Hewett, vision and priorities for the Lab presentation
- 2022 Site Environmental report presentation
- Minutes
- Video
May 11, 2023- Hybrid meeting, 6:30 p.m.
- Draft Agenda
- Presentation: Opportunities for Reducing the Use of Single-Use Plastics at Brookhaven National Lab
- Presentation: Stakeholder Relations Program updates
- Video
- Minutes
April 13, 2023- Zoom virtual event, 6:30 p.m.
March 9, 2023- Zoom virtual event, 6:30 p.m.
2022
November 10, 2022- Zoom virtual event, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
2022 Groundwater Update
BNL Site Sustainability presentation
Minutes
Video
October 13, 2022- Zoom virtual event, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
2021 Site Environmental Report presentation
Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics Directorate presentation
Minutes
Video
September 8, 2022- Zoom virtual event, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Demolition of the Brookhaven Medical Research Reactor Stack -Update
DOE's Roadmap for PFAS
PFAS Update
Bill Studier, the T7 System, and COVID Vaccines
Minutes
Video
May 12, 2022- Zoom virtual event, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Demolition of the Brookhaven Medical Research Reactor Stack Presentation
Dare Mighty Things
Overview of Research Partnerships
Video
Minutes
April 14, 2022- Zoom virtual event, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Minutes
Environmental Updates
Natural Resource Management presentation
Climate Science to Solutions presentation
Video
March 10, 2022- Zoom virtual event, 6:30 p.m.
Draft Agenda
Minutes
CAC PFAS Update Presentation
Dismantlement & Disposal of High Flux Beam Reactor Building 705 (The Stack) Presentation
New York Clean Energy Future: BNL Role Presentation
Video
2021
November 10, 2021- Zoom virtual event, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
2021 CERCLA Five Year Review, Update and Status of Groundwater Cleanup
Do atmospheric particulates make storms stronger? A field study in the coastal-urban environment of Houston TX
Video
Minutes
October 14, 2021- Zoom virtual event, 6:30 p.m.
Draft Agenda
High Energy Accelerator Production of Actinium-225 at BNL Presentation
EPA presentation re: BNL’s National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) application
2020 Site Environmental Report presentation
Minutes
Video
September 9, 2021- Zoom virtual event, 6:30 p.m.
Draft Agenda
Building 650 Decontamination & Demolition Update
PFAS Update
Additional Photos
Demolition & Decommissioning of High Flux Beam Reactor Building 705 (The Stack)
Energy Storage Presentation
Video
Minutes
May 13, 2021- Zoom virtual event, 6:30 p.m.
Draft Agenda
Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) Infrastructure Overview
Learning to Play the Game of Science presentation
Video
Minutes
April 8, 2021- Zoom virtual event, 6:30 p.m.
Draft Agenda
Brookhaven Stack Demo Presentation
Building 650 D & D Presentation
Climate & Energy Research Presentation
Video
Minutes
March 11, 2021- Zoom virtual event, 6:30 p.m.
Draft Agenda
Brookhaven Stack Demo update
Additional photos of Stack demo
Emerging contaminants of concern update
Video
Minutes
2020
November 12, 2020 - Zoom virtual event, 6:30 p.m.
Draft Agenda
HFBR Stack Demolition & Decommissioning update
Building 650 Demolition update
Groundwater update
2019 SER Natural and Cultural Resources
Video
Minutes
October 8, 2020 - Zoom virtual event, 6:30 p.m.
Draft Agenda
Dismantlement & Disposal of High Flux Beam Reactor Building 705
2019 Site Environmental Report
COVID-19 Research at BNL
Video
Minutes
September 10, 2020 - Zoom virtual event, 6:30 p.m.
Draft Agenda
HFBR Stack Demolition & Decommissioning Update
Update on PFAS and 1,4 Dioxane
Building 650 Demolition Project
EIC Project Overview
Environmental Assessment for the Electron-Ion Collider
Video
Minutes
June 11, 2020 – BlueJeans virtual event, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Update on Emerging Contaminants of Concern
CERCLA Site-Wide Five Year Review/North Street East EDB Treatment System Update
CSI Support for the DOE COVID-19 Response
Video
Minutes
May 14, 2020 – BlueJeans virtual event, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
NSLS-II and research into combating COVID-19 at BNL
Demolition & Decommissioning of High Flux Beam Reactor Building 705 (The Stack)
Video
Minutes
February 13, 2020 – Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Electron-Ion Collider at BNL
Environmental Updates (PFAS)
Deer Management
Minutes
2019
November 14, 2019 – Brookhaven Center, South Room, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
2018 SER –Natural and Cultural Resources Update
Superconducting Magnet Division Update
Minutes
October 10, 2019 – Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
The Cryo-Em Project at BNL Update
Groundwater Update
Minutes
September 12, 2019 – Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Emerging Contaminants Update
Demolition and Removal of the Stack
2018 Site Environmental Report
Minutes
June 13, 2019 – Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Discovery Park Update
Groundwater Update
PFAS Update
Minutes
May 9, 2019 – Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
BNL Campus Infrastructure Update
Brookhaven Women in Science
Minutes
April 11, 2019 – Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Ticks, Tick-Bourne Pathogens, and Tick Bite Prevention in Suffolk County
Predicting Urban and Coastal Microclimates
Minutes
February 14, 2019 – Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Deer Management Update
Minutes
January 10, 2019 – Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Annual Groundwater Update
A Decade of Discovery: 10 Years of Nanoscience at the CFN
Minutes
2018
December 13, 2018 – Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Natural and Cultural Resources Update
Demonstration of Improved Solar Forecasting Incorporating HD Sky Imaging
Minutes
November 8, 2018 – Brookhaven Center, South room, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
2017 Site Environmental Report
Demolition and Removal of the Stack
Minutes
October 11, 2018 – Brookhaven Center, South room, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Energy Research at BNL
PFAS in Groundwater at BNL
Minutes
June 14, 2018 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
BNL Prescribed Burn Program
Budgets and Some Laboratory Business
Minutes
May 10, 2018 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Groundwater Update
Nonproliferation and National Security Programs at BNL
Minutes
March 8, 2018 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
BNL Overview
Minutes
February 8, 2018 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
1,4-Dioxane Sampling Update
Beamline 5-ID at NSLS-II
Minutes
January 11, 2018 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Groundwater Update
Computational Science Initiative
Minutes
2017
November 9, 2017 - Brookhaven Center, South Room, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Natural and Cultural Resources update
NSLS II Research
Minutes
October 12, 2017 - Brookhaven Center, South Room, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
2016 Site Environmental Report
Discovery Park
Minutes
September 14, 2017 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Groundwater Update
Additional slides
Minutes
June 8, 2017 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Groundwater Update
Cryo-EM
Minutes
May 11, 2017 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Environmental Update
Small Business Program
Minutes
April 13, 2017 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
A Day in the Life of a River
Community Wildfire Protection Plan
Minutes
March 9, 2017 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Deer Management
1,4-Dioxane sampling update
Minutes
February 13, 2017 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Electric power usage at BNL
Accelerator Complex Cooling Water Leak and Line Repair
Minutes
January 12, 2017 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Environmental Updates
Brookhaven National Laboratory Site Sustainability Plan Update
Minutes
2016
December 8, 2016 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:00 p.m.
Agenda
Minutes
November 10, 2016 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Annual Groundwater Update
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
Minutes
October 13, 2016 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Natural and Cultural Resource Update
Nanoscience Environment, Safety, and Health at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials
Minutes
September 8, 2016 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 PM
Agenda
2015 Site Environmental Report
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
Minutes
June 9, 2016 - Brookhaven Center, South Room, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Environmental Update
Minutes
May 12, 2016 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
BNL’s Environmental Management System – External Audit Results and Future Changes
Grid Modernization: The Utility Distribution System as a Platform Technology
Minutes
April 14, 2016 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
BNL Medical Isotope Research and Production Program
Sources of Radiation and Radioactivity
NSLS Hazard Removal Project
Minutes
March 10, 2016 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Natural Resources Update
Peconic River Optimization Plan
Minutes
February 11, 2016 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
How the BNL CAC Was Formed
January 14, 2016 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Alternating Gradient Synchrotron Environmental Assessment
Minutes
2015
December 10, 2015 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Community Wildfire Protection Plan
Peconic River Update
Brookhaven as a Model of Public vs Private Financial Assurance
Minutes
November 12, 2015 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Annual Groundwater Update
Minutes
October 8, 2015
Agenda
2014 Annual Site Environmental Report
2016 Five-Year Review
Minutes
September 10, 2015
Agenda
Environmental Updates
BNL Campus Development Plan & Discovery Park
Minutes
July & August 2015 - Summer Break
June 11, 2015 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Technology Transfer at
Brookhaven
Minutes
May 14, 2015 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
BHSO/BSA
Partnership Agreement
NSLS-I Hazard Removal
Project
Tailoring Plant Cell Wall
Composition & Structure
Minutes
April 9, 2015 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Ecological Recovery of the
Peconic River
Minutes
March 12, 2015 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Environmental Updates
Minutes
February 12, 2015 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Meeting cancelled.
January 8, 2015 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Environment, Safety & Health at
BNL
Federal Green Challenge
Award
Minutes
2014
December 11, 2014 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
10-Year Strategic Plan Update
eRHIC
Minutes
November 13, 2014 - Brookhaven Center, South Room,
6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Environmental Updates
Annual Groundwater Update
Minutes
October 9, 2014 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Nuclear Energy Research
Natural Resources
Update
Minutes
September 11, 2014 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
The DOE National Laboratories
2013 Site Environmental
Report
Minutes
July & August - Summer break
June 12, 2014 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Former Reactor Facilities &
Groundwater Cleanup Updates
The CERN Masterclass
Minutes
May 8, 2014 - Brookhaven Center, South Room, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Advances in Accelerator Science
Deliver Precision Beams
Minutes
April 10, 2014 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
FHWMF Perimeter Soils Update
BNL Contract Competition Overview
History of the BNL Site
Minutes
March 13, 2014 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Environmental Cleanup Program
Progress
Understanding the Color of 19th Century Glass
Minutes
February 13, 2014 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Meeting Cancelled
January 9, 2014 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Natural Resources Update
Utility Energy Service Contract
SIX Beamline at NSLS-II
Minutes
2013
December 12, 2013 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
SPDES Modification Update
Activated Graphene
Annual Groundwater Update
Minutes
November 14, 2013 - Brookhaven Center, South Room, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
The "Hot" (and Cold) Science of
RHIC
2012 Site Environmental Report
Minutes
October 10, 2013
Meeting Cancelled
September 12, 2013 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 7 p.m.
Agenda
Environmental Updates
Discovery Park:
Collaborative Repurposing Project
Minutes
July & August 2013 - Summer break, no meetings scheduled
June 13, 2013 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
BNL Solar Energy and Smarter Grid
Research Update
Ticks and Tick Borne Disease
Awareness
Minutes
May 9, 2013 - Brookhaven Center, South Room, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
S-SAFE (Subway-Surface Air Flow Exchange) Study (not available)
The
Cyber Security Challenge
Minutes
April 11, 2013 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Sewage Treatment Plant Upgrade
Update
Relocation Plan for g-2 Experiment (not available)
Minutes
March 14, 2013 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Site Sustainability Overview
MAGIC Cloud Study (not available)
Minutes
February 14, 2013 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 7:30 p.m.
Agenda
Annual Natural Resources Update
Minutes
January 10, 2013 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Climate Change; Underlying Science & Local Impacts (not available)
Annual Groundwater Update
Minutes
2012
December 13, 2012 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 7 p.m.
Agenda
CO2 to Fuels
From Forest to Solar Farm: An
Evaluation of Habitat Availability
Minutes
November 8, 2012 -
Meeting Cancelled
October 11, 2012 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
PET Plants: Imaging Natural Processes
for Renewable Energy from Plants
2011 Site Environmental Report
Minutes
September 13, 2012 - 490 Medical Building, Large Conference
Room, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Global & Regional Solutions
Directorate
"A discovery! The Higgs?"
Minutes
July and August 2012 - Summer break, no meetings scheduled.
June 14, 2012 - Medical Building 490, Large Conference Room,
6:30 p.m.
Agenda
BGRR Closeout & Transition
DOE Response to Fukushima Dai-ichi Power Plant (not available)
Minutes
May 10, 2012 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Groundwater Update
DOE's Brookhaven Site Office
Environment & Life Sciences at BNL
Minutes
April 12, 2012 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Sewage Treatment Plant Design
Modifications Update
BNL Smarter Grid Centers
Update On 4-Poster Tick Management &
White-Deer Management
Minutes
March 8, 2012 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
BGRR Update
21st Century National Security
Mission at BNL
Minutes
February 9, 2012 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Long Island STEM Hub
Solar Energy Lab Demo
Minutes
January 12, 2012 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Freon-11 Update
Solar Research Array
BGRR Explanation of Significant
Differences
2010 Site Environmental Report
Minutes
2011
December 8, 2011 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 7 p.m.
Agenda
Natural Resource Management Plan
Update
Minutes
November 10, 2011 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
HFBR/BGRR Update
DOE-Sponsored Employee Examination &
Comp. Programs
Minutes
October 13, 2011 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Contamination Incident
Responses to Freon-11 Comments
Peconic River Monitoring Data
Minutes
September 8, 2011 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Freon-11 Update
Peconic River Report
Minutes
July & August 2011
No meetings
June 9, 2011 - Brookhaven Center, South Room, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Freon-11 Update
Remediating Groundwater at BNL
Master Planning Update
Acronym
List
Minutes
May 12, 2011 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Freon and Its Use at BNL
New BNL Emergency Siren System
Minutes
April 14, 2011 -
Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
BNL Moving Discoveries to the Market
Place
Environmental Assessment for Waste Water Treatment Modifications
for Improved Effluent Compliance
Minutes
March 10, 2011 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Nanotechnology for the Energy
Challenge
Overview of BNL's Solar Research
Plans
Minutes
February 10, 2011 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
BNL's 10-Year Strategic Plan
SPDES Permit and EA Update
Minutes
January 13, 2011 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Environmental Restoration Projects FY10 Performance
Visioning 2050 - BNL's Contribution
to the NYS Climate Action Plan
Minutes
2010
December 9, 2010 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 7 p.m.
Agenda
Peconic River Update
Light Source 101
Minutes
November 4, 2010 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
BGRR/HFBR Decommissioning Projects
InSynC Program
SER Highlights
Minutes
October 14, 2010 - Berkner Hall, Room B, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Collisions of Uranium Ions at RHIC
Long Island Solar Farm Vegetation Plan (not available)
Minutes
September 9, 2010 - Brookhaven Center, South Room, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
FHWMF Perimeter Soils Update
Building 96 Remediation Update
Stack Demolition
Peconic River Sediment Removal
Update
2010 Five-Year Review
Minutes
July & August 2010
No meetings
June 9, 2010 - Brookhaven Center, South Room, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Minutes
May 13, 2010 - Brookhaven Center, South Room, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
SPDES Permit Modification Study
SPDES Groundwater Recharge Study
NASA Presentation
Minutes
April 8, 2010 - Brookhaven Center, South Room, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
BGRR Graphite Removal
Groundwater Update
Minutes
March 11, 2010 - Brookhaven Center, South Room, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Update on NASA Research Proposal
Energy Conservation and
Sustainability Efforts at BNL
Minutes
February 11, 2010 - Berkner Hall, 6:30 p.m.
Meeting Cancelled
January 14, 2010 - Berkner Hall, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Some Long Range Impact of Research at the BGRR
Update on the BP Solar/LIPA Solar PV Project
Bioenergy Research at BNL
Minutes
2009
December 10, 2009 - Berkner Hall, 7 p.m.
Agenda
2008 Site Environmental Report
Minutes
November 12, 2009 - Berkner Hall, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
BGRR & HFBR Decommissioning Projects
My Experience with the Marshall Islands Project
Marshall Islands Reference
Material
Minutes
October 8, 2009 - Berkner Hall, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
The Blueprint - BNL's Plan for Growth and Development (not available)
The Laboratory Infrastructure
Minutes
September 10, 2009 - Berkner Hall, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
2008 Peconic River Sampling Report
- Part II
BP Solar Project
Minutes
July & August
No Meetings
June 11, 2009 - Berkner Hall, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
NSLS II Construction Site Environmental
Issues
Tick Hazard Briefing
2008 Annual Peconic River Sampling
Report
Minutes
May 14, 2009 - Berkner Hall, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Nanotechnology Presentation by Dr. Vicki Colvin (not available)
Minutes
April 15, 2009 - Medical, Bldg. 490, Large Conference Room,
6:30 p.m.
Agenda
EM American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act Projects
LIPA Solar Project
SPDES Permit Modification
Minutes
March 12, 2009 -Berkner Hall, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
HFBR & BGRR Decommissioning
Projects
SPDES Permit Modification
Minutes
February 12, 2009 - Berkner Hall, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Deer Management
Update
DOE Nanosafety
Notice
DOE Contract
Competition for BNL
Minutes
January 8, 2009 -
Berkner Hall, 6:30 p.m.
Agenda
Reactor
Decommissioning Update
Status of Well House
Explosion
Minutes