Gilman Hall is a four-story building on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. Floors, wood sills, walls, and baseboards in the building were contaminated by radioactive materials during the 1940s while conducting research on the production and chemical properties of plutonium performed in support of the Manhattan Engineer District and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

DOE designated the site for remediation under FUSRAP in 1979. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories completed remedial action of the site in 1983. In 1985, DOE certified that the condition of the site was radiologically acceptable for restricted use, such as research and instructional purposes.

Other than operating within the controls of the University of California’s state general license, no institutional controls are in effect at the site, and the University of California is responsible for the contaminated residues that remain. DOE does not require on-site monitoring or surveillance. Legacy management activities consist of managing site records and responding to stakeholder inquiries.