Occurrence of uranium in ground water in the vicinity of the US Department of Energy Feed Materials Production Center, Fernald, Ohio

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5617713

Sedam, A C

Process wastes are stored on site in rubber- and clay-lined pits and in large tanks at the US Department of Energy Feed Materials Production Center (FMPC), where purified uranium and uranium compounds are produced. Water samples collected from off-site domestic and commercial wells in December 1981 by NLO, Inc. and in August 1982 by the US Geological Survey contained concentrations of dissolved uranium that ranged from <0.4 to 430 micrograms per liter. The wells whose samples contained unusual concentrations of uranium (greater than 10 micrograms per liter) lie roughly along a line extending about 2000 feet south from the southern boundary of FMPC. The offsite area affected by these concentrations is probably less than 100 acres. It is not possible to determine the exact point of origination of contaminants in the ground water on the basis of data presently available. 6 refs., 5 figs., 4 tabs.

• Research Organization: Geological Survey, Columbus, OH (USA). Water Resources Div.
• DOE Contract Number: AI05-82OR20998
• OSTI ID: 5617713
• Report Number(s): DOE/OR/20998-T1; ON: DE85010340
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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