Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 8): Denver Radium/Card Corporation Property, Colorado (third remedial action), June 1987. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:5674908

The Denver Radium/Card Corporation property is a 17.2-acre site located in Denver, Colorado. In 1979, the EPA discovered a reference to the National Radium Institute in 1916 U.S. Bureau of Mines report. Subsequent field research revealed the presence of thirty-one radioactive sites in the Denver Metropolitan area, one of these being Card property, the location of the original Pittsburgh Radium Company processing facility. The site consists of five buildings and an oil and waste water pond at the eastern boundary. There is no serious public health risk at present from radium or its decay products, most notable radion gas. However, there is the potential for increased public health risk if the radium contaminated materials are misused or inadvertently spread. Currently, radium has been detected in the soil, sediment, and underneath the True Truss building. EPA's preferred remedial action for the Card property is permanent offsite disposal. However, the alternative can not be implemented until a suitable offsite facility is designated.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5674908
• Report Number(s): PB-88-126461/XAB; EPA/ROD/R-08-87/012
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
ELEMENTS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIUM
REMEDIAL ACTION
SEDIMENTS
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
SUPERFUND
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER POLLUTION