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Closure Report For Corrective Action Unit 417: Central Nevada Test Area Surface, Nevada

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2568052· OSTI ID:2568052
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  1. US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington DC (United States). Office of Legacy Management (LM)
Closure Report - CAU No. 417 Central Nevada Test Area Section: Executive Summary Revision: 1 Date: November 5, 2001 This Closure Report provides the documentation for closure of the Central Nevada Test Area (CNTA) surface Corrective Action Unit (CAU) 417. The CNTA is located in Hot Creek Valley in Nye County, Nevada, approximately 22.5 kilometers (14 miles) west of U.S. State Highway 6 near the Moores Station historical site, and approximately 137 kilometers (85 miles) northeast of Tonopah, Nevada. The CNTA consists of three separate land withdrawal areas commonly referred to as UC-1, UC-3, and UC-4, all of which are accessible to the public. A nuclear device for Project Faultless was detonated approximately 975 meters (3,200 feet) below ground surface on.January 19, 1968, in emplacement boring UC-1 (Department of Energy, Nevada Operation Office [DOE/NV], 1997). CAU 417 consists of 34 Corrective Action Sites (CASs). Site closure was completed using a Nevada Department of Environmental Protection (NDEP) approved Corrective Action Plan (CAP) (DOE/NV, 2000) which was based on the recommendations presented in the NDEP-approved Corrective Action Decision Document (DOE/NV, 1999). Closure of CAU 417 was completed in two phases. Phase I field activities were completed with NDEP concurrence during 1999 as outlined in the Phase I Work Plan, Appendix A of the CAP (DOE/NV, 2000), and as summarized in Section 2.1.2 of this document. The 34 CASs that comprise CAU 417 were closed in the following manner:
Research Organization:
US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington DC (United States). Office of Legacy Management (LM)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Legacy Management (LM), Office of Field Operations
DOE Contract Number:
AC08-96NV11718
OSTI ID:
2568052
Report Number(s):
DOE/NM--743
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English