Derivation of guidelines for uranium residual radioactive material in soil at the Colonie Site, Colonie, New York
Abstract
Residual radioactive material guidelines for uranium in soil were derived for the Colonie site located in Colonie, New York. This site has been designated for remedial action under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The site became contaminated with radioactive material as a result of operations conducted by National Lead (NL) Industries from 1958 to 1984; these activities included brass foundry operations, electroplating of metal products, machining of various components using depleted uranium, and limited work with small amounts of enriched uranium and thorium. The Colonie site comprises the former NL Industries property, now designated the Colonie Interim Storage Site (CISS), and 56 vicinity properties contaminated by fallout from airborne emissions; 53 of the vicinity properties were previously remediated between 1984 and 1988. In 1984, DOE accepted ownership of the CISS property from NL Industries. Residual radioactive material guidelines for individual radionuclides and total uranium were derived on the basis of the requirement that the 50-year committed effective dose equivalent to a hypothetical individual who lives or works in the immediate vicinity of the site should not exceed a dose of 30 mrem/yr following remedial action for the current use andmore »
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 259653
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/EAD/TM-57
ON: DE96012767; TRN: 96:017008
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: May 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 05 NUCLEAR FUELS; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, APPLIED STUDIES; 99 MATHEMATICS, COMPUTERS, INFORMATION SCIENCE, MANAGEMENT, LAW, MISCELLANEOUS; ABANDONED SITES; REMEDIAL ACTION; RADIATION DOSES; R CODES; MAN; SOILS; CONTAMINATION; LAND USE; NEW YORK; THORIUM; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238; DOSE EQUIVALENTS
Citation Formats
Dunning, D. Derivation of guidelines for uranium residual radioactive material in soil at the Colonie Site, Colonie, New York. United States: N. p., 1996.
Web. doi:10.2172/259653.
Dunning, D. Derivation of guidelines for uranium residual radioactive material in soil at the Colonie Site, Colonie, New York. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/259653
Dunning, D. 1996.
"Derivation of guidelines for uranium residual radioactive material in soil at the Colonie Site, Colonie, New York". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/259653. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/259653.
@article{osti_259653,
title = {Derivation of guidelines for uranium residual radioactive material in soil at the Colonie Site, Colonie, New York},
author = {Dunning, D},
abstractNote = {Residual radioactive material guidelines for uranium in soil were derived for the Colonie site located in Colonie, New York. This site has been designated for remedial action under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The site became contaminated with radioactive material as a result of operations conducted by National Lead (NL) Industries from 1958 to 1984; these activities included brass foundry operations, electroplating of metal products, machining of various components using depleted uranium, and limited work with small amounts of enriched uranium and thorium. The Colonie site comprises the former NL Industries property, now designated the Colonie Interim Storage Site (CISS), and 56 vicinity properties contaminated by fallout from airborne emissions; 53 of the vicinity properties were previously remediated between 1984 and 1988. In 1984, DOE accepted ownership of the CISS property from NL Industries. Residual radioactive material guidelines for individual radionuclides and total uranium were derived on the basis of the requirement that the 50-year committed effective dose equivalent to a hypothetical individual who lives or works in the immediate vicinity of the site should not exceed a dose of 30 mrem/yr following remedial action for the current use and likely future use scenarios or a dose of 100 mrem/yr for less likely future use scenarios. The DOE residual radioactive material guideline computer code, RESRAD, was used in this evaluation; RESRAD implements the methodology described in the DOE manual for establishing residual radioactive material guidelines.},
doi = {10.2172/259653},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/259653},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996},
month = {Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996}
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