Post-Cleanup Communication and Records Plan for Project Chariot, Alaska
The Project Chariot Site resides in a remote and isolated area in the Cape Thompson region of northwest Alaska (Figure 1-1). The Project Chariot Site was a proposed test location for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Plowshare Program in 1958. In 1962, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) conducted environmental studies using less than 30 mCi of short-lived mixed fission products. The location of the studies was about 0.75 mile (1.2 km) north of the Project Chariot Site base camp. Radioactive material was spread over the 12 test plots: 10 were used for overland transport tracer tests, one for a sediment transport experiment, and one for an 18-hour percolation test. The 11 test plots constituted an area less than 0.9 percent of an acre. At the conclusion of the August 1962 tracer test, USGS scraped the ground surface of the test plots and the percolation test location. The scraped soil and vegetation were mixed with native soil, deposited in a mound on two of the plots, and covered with 4 ft (1.22 m) of uncontaminated soil (DOE 1993).
- Research Organization:
- US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington DC (United States). Office of Legacy Management (LM)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Legacy Management (LM)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC01-02GJ79491
- OSTI ID:
- 1114511
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-LM-GJ788-2005; TRN: US1400218
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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