Using Superfund Guidance and Tools for the Remediation of Uranium Mine sites - 19056

Conference · Mon Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 2019

OSTI ID:23002887

Walker, Stuart ^[1]

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1. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, Science and Policy Branch, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW - 5204 P, Washington, D.C. 20460 (United States)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation (OSRTI) has primary responsibility for implementing the long-term (non-emergency) portion of a key U.S. law regulating cleanup of contaminated sites: the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, CERCLA, nicknamed 'Superfund.' The purpose of the Superfund program is to protect human health and the environment over the long term from releases or potential releases of hazardous substances from abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. The focus of this paper is on the guidance and tools for addressing radioactively contaminated sites by the Superfund program that are most important when remediating uranium mine sites. This presentation will also discuss some of the key features of these tools that may have more utility at a uranium mine site. (authors)

• Research Organization: WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States)
• OSTI ID: 23002887
• Report Number(s): INIS-US--21-WM-19056
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
CONTAMINATION
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
HEALTH HAZARDS
REMEDIAL ACTION
URANIUM MINES
US EPA
US SUPERFUND
WASTES