Significance of radon exposures in developing cleanup criteria for radium-contaminated soil at the Weldon Spring Site

Conference · Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:10104869

Blunt, D L; Peterson, J M ^[1]; Hillman, D J ^[2]

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1. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
2. Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., St. Charles, MO (United States)

The Weldon Spring site, located in St. Charles County, Missouri, is included on the National Priorities List (NPL) of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the US Department of Energy (DOE) is currently conducting cleanup activities at the site. This paper discusses the significance of radon exposures that may result from radium-contaminated soil and the approach currently being taken at the Weldon Spring site to address this issue.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 10104869
• Report Number(s): ANL/EA/CP-79884; CONF-931095-64; ON: DE94003213; TRN: 94:000792
• Resource Relation: Conference: Department of Energy environmental remediation conference,Augusta, GA (United States),24-28 Oct 1993; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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