A brownfield to greenfield success story: Denver Radium Superfund Site
- Sverdrup Environmental, Inc., Golden, CO (United States)
- Colorado Dept. of Public Health and the Environment, Denver, CO (United States)
The Denver Radium Site consists of forty-nine separate sites divided into 11 operable units throughout the city of Denver, Colorado. The sites contained radioactive soils and residues (310,000 tons) from processing of radium in the early 1900s. The majority of the radioactive material was removed, transported by rail, and disposed offsite in Utah. During radiologic cleanup at the former Robinson Brick Company Site (ROBCO), (OU No. 4/5), metal contaminated soils from previous smelting operations were encountered. The Denver Radium Site was placed on the National Priorities List (NPL), and through cooperation of private parties, the state and federal governments, the land was cleaned up and restored to productive use.
- OSTI ID:
- 488854
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9610152--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Denver Radium Site -- Operable Unit X closeout report for the US Environmental Protection Agency
Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 8): Denver Radium, Operable Unit 9, Denver, CO. (Eighth remedial action), December 1991