My Last Days as a DOE Intern |

My Last Days as a DOE Intern

Wow, this summer really has gone by fast! I started the month of June as an intern for the Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management in Grand Junction, CO. And now it is over already. I was able to visit some really cool sites that are managed by DOE-LM and by DOE-EM. All in all, I went to 10 different sites in 5 states. Now that is a lot of traveling! A lot of those were day trips though and were relatively close to GJ. Some of the longer trips were to Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. Here is a complete list of my site visits in chronological order:

–Green River, UT

–Grand Junction Disposal Cell

–Central Nevada Test Area

–Shoal Site, NV

–Monticello, UT

–Rifle, CO

–Uranium Leasing Program Sites

–Shiprock, NM

–Monument Valley, AZ

–Moab, UT

Yesterday I completed my research project about compliance issues of uranium in the underlying aquifer at the Old Rifle Processing site and I gave a PowerPoint presentation to my mentor and most of the other federal staff here. After my talk, my mentor asked me “Have you considered working for the federal government?” 🙂 That made me happy! Now I must bid you adieu. Good-bye!