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Title: Environmental assessment of remedial action at the Naturita Uranium processing site near Naturita, Colorado. Revision 2

Abstract

The proposed remedial action for the Naturita processing site is relocation of the contaminated materials and debris to the Dry Flats disposal sits, 6 road miles (mi) [10 kilometers (km)) to the southeast. At the disposal site, the contaminated materials would be stabilized and covered with layers of earth and rock. The proposed disposal site is on land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and used primarily for livestock grazing. The final disposal sits would cover approximately 57 ac (23 ha), which would be permanently transferred from the BLM to the DOE and restricted from future uses. The remedial action activities would be conducted by the DOE`s Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project. The proposed remedial action would result in the loss of approximately 162 ac (66 ha) of soils at the processing and disposal sites; however, 133 ac (55 ha) of these soils at and adjacent to the processing site are contaminated and cannot be used for other purposes. If supplemental standards are approved by the NRC and state of Colorado, approximately 112 ac (45 ha) of contaminated soils adjacent to the processing site would not be cleaned up. This area is steeply sloped. The cleanupmore » of this contamination would have adverse environmental consequences and would be potentially hazardous to remedial action workers. Another 220 ac (89 ha) of soils would be temporarily disturbed during the remedial action. The final disposal site would result in approximately 57 ac (23 ha) being removed from livestock grazing and wildlife use.« less

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10119436
Report Number(s):
DOE/EA-0464-Rev.2
ON: DE94006201; BR: EW2010102/EX2040010; TRN: 94:002377
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-91AL62350
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jan 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; FEED MATERIALS PLANTS; ABANDONED SITES; REMEDIAL ACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; COLORADO; MILL TAILINGS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SOILS; CONTAMINATION; REMOVAL; HEALTH HAZARDS; FISHES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; BIRDS; NOISE POLLUTION; 054000; 540250; 053002; HEALTH AND SAFETY; SITE RESOURCE AND USE STUDIES; RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS

Citation Formats

. Environmental assessment of remedial action at the Naturita Uranium processing site near Naturita, Colorado. Revision 2. United States: N. p., 1994. Web. doi:10.2172/10119436.
. Environmental assessment of remedial action at the Naturita Uranium processing site near Naturita, Colorado. Revision 2. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10119436
. 1994. "Environmental assessment of remedial action at the Naturita Uranium processing site near Naturita, Colorado. Revision 2". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10119436. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10119436.
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title = {Environmental assessment of remedial action at the Naturita Uranium processing site near Naturita, Colorado. Revision 2},
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abstractNote = {The proposed remedial action for the Naturita processing site is relocation of the contaminated materials and debris to the Dry Flats disposal sits, 6 road miles (mi) [10 kilometers (km)) to the southeast. At the disposal site, the contaminated materials would be stabilized and covered with layers of earth and rock. The proposed disposal site is on land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and used primarily for livestock grazing. The final disposal sits would cover approximately 57 ac (23 ha), which would be permanently transferred from the BLM to the DOE and restricted from future uses. The remedial action activities would be conducted by the DOE`s Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project. The proposed remedial action would result in the loss of approximately 162 ac (66 ha) of soils at the processing and disposal sites; however, 133 ac (55 ha) of these soils at and adjacent to the processing site are contaminated and cannot be used for other purposes. If supplemental standards are approved by the NRC and state of Colorado, approximately 112 ac (45 ha) of contaminated soils adjacent to the processing site would not be cleaned up. This area is steeply sloped. The cleanup of this contamination would have adverse environmental consequences and would be potentially hazardous to remedial action workers. Another 220 ac (89 ha) of soils would be temporarily disturbed during the remedial action. The final disposal site would result in approximately 57 ac (23 ha) being removed from livestock grazing and wildlife use.},
doi = {10.2172/10119436},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994},
month = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994}
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