Removal of Historic Low-Level Radioactive Waste from the Highland Drive South and Alexander Street Ravines - 19155
- WSP Canada Group Limited, 100 Commerce Valley Drive West, Thornhill, Ontario, L3T 0A1 (Canada)
- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories 115 Toronto Road, Port Hope, Ontario, L1A 3S4 (Canada)
In Port Hope, the Highland Drive South Ravine (HDSR) is the discharge area for groundwater originating from the closed Highland Drive Landfill site. The presence of low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) in the HDSR is the result of a contaminated groundwater plume flowing from the landfill site. The contaminant plume contains elevated concentrations of uranium and arsenic and extends from the landfill south to discharge groundwater to shallow soils in a wet discharge area within the ravine. The groundwater discharges to Hunt's Ponds and Highland Drive South Creek, which are immediately downstream of the wet discharge area and will be included in the remediation design. Remediation and environmental management plans for HDSR have been developed within the framework of the Port Hope Project. Recent subsurface investigations have identified LLRW at greater depths than previously anticipated. Other investigations of surrounding properties have identified LLRW that is primarily from filling activities in backyards. The steep topography of the site and the presence of the creek and seepage face present remediation challenges. Also in Port Hope, the LLRW in the Alexander Street Ravine Area is the result of end dumping, filling of private backyards and stack deposition from the former refinery. The original site extent was focused on the deeper contamination due to end dumping and included a portion of Alexander Creek. However, recent investigations have confirmed other fill areas and the extent of stack deposition that are generally contiguous with the end dumping area. Restricted access to the site will result in all remediation in this area taking place via a single access point along the narrow existing Hayward Street. While both of these sites are ravines in Port Hope containing LLRW, the origins of contamination and remediation approaches are very different. This paper will compare these two challenging remediation sites. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 23002957
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US--21-WM-19155
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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