Results of the radiological survey at 14 Long Valley Road, Lodi, New Jersey (LJ070)
Maywood Chemical Works (MCW) of Maywood, New Jersey, generated process wastes and residues associated with the production and refining of thorium and thorium compounds from monazite ores from 1916 to 1956. MCW supplied rare earth metals and thorium compounds to the Atomic Energy Commission and various other government agencies from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s. At the request of the US Department of Energy (DOE), a group from Oak Ridge National Laboratory conducts investigative radiological surveys of properties in the vicinity of MCW to determine whether a property is contaminated with radioactive residues, principally {sup 232}Th, derived from the MCW site. The survey typically includes direct measurement of gamma radiation levels and soil sampling for radionuclide analyses. The survey of this site, 14 Long Valley Road, Lodi New Jersey (LJ070), was conducted during 1987. Survey measurements indicate that the property contained radioactive contamination primarily from the {sup 232}Th decay chain. The radionuclide distributions are typical of the type of material originating from processing operations at the MCW. 5 refs., 5 figs., 3 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/NE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 7119247
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/RASA-88/19; ON: DE90011368; TRN: 90-017594
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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