Formerly utilized MED/AEC sites Remedial Action Program, Bayo Canyon, New Mexico: Environmental assessment
The DOE has determined that strontium-90 in excess of its proposed remedial action criteria exists in materials underlying an area of about 0.6 ha (1.5 acres) at the Bayo Canyon site. The proposed action is to demarcate this area and restrict its use to activities that will not disturb this subsurface contamination. The proposed action would allow unrestricted use of the balance of the formerly utilized site. The proposed remedial action will be minor and, thus, will cause negligible disruption of the socioeconomic or environmental systems in which the site exists. The action will not threaten any legally protected species of flora or fauna, nor will it threaten any legally protected cultural or historical resources. Because the local community is familiar with radiation and has expressed no concern to date, it is expected that future public concern will be low. The DOE is ensuring that county authorities remain aware of all proposed remedial activities in the area.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Oak Ridge Operations Office, TN
- OSTI ID:
- 5116750
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EA-0197; ON: DE88008856
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
510300* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ABANDONED SITES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CLEANING
DECONTAMINATION
DOSE EQUIVALENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
FEDERAL REGION VI
HUMAN POPULATIONS
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
LAND RECLAMATION
LAND USE
LOS ALAMOS
NEW MEXICO
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEI
POPULATIONS
RADIOACTIVITY
RADIOISOTOPES
REMEDIAL ACTION
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
STRONTIUM 90
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
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YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES