Site-specific analysis of radiological and physical parameters for cobbly soils at the Gunnison, Colorado, processing site

Technical Report · Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10189103· OSTI ID:10189103

The remedial action at the Gunnison, Colorado, processing site is being performed under the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA) of 1978 [Public Law (PL) 95-6041]. Under UMTRCA, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is charged with the responsibility of developing appropriate and applicable standards for the cleanup of radiologically contaminated land and buildings at 24 designated sites, including the Gunnison, Colorado, inactive processing site. The remedial action at the processing site will be conducted to remove the tailings and contaminated materials to meet the EPA bulk soil cleanup standards for surface and subsurface soils. The site areas disturbed by remedial action excavation will be either contoured or backfilled with radiologically uncontaminated soil and contoured to restore the site. The final contours will produce a final surface grade that will create positive drainage from the site.

• Research Organization: Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-91AL62350
• OSTI ID: 10189103
• Report Number(s): DOE/AL/62350-53F; ON: DE94001511; BR: EW2010102/EX2040010; TRN: 93:025541
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Oct 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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