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Formerly utilized MED/AEC sites remedial action program. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5962647
Current radiological conditions were evaluated for the site of a former radioactive liquid waste treatment plant and the interconnected canyons that received both treated and untreated effluents between 1944 and 1951. The liquid radioactive wastes were generated by research with nuclear materials at Los Alamos, New Mexico, for the World War II Manhattan Engineer District atomic bomb project and subsequently by work conducted for the Atomic Energy Commission. After decommissioning of the treatment plant and decontamination of the site and part of one canyon, ownership of some of the land in question was transferred to Los Alamos County by the Federal Government in 1967. Some residual radioactivity attributable to the effluents remained and is found on soils and sediments at the former plant site and in the channels of the canyons. The study considered all relevant information including historical records, environmental data extending back to the 1940s, and new data acquired by special field sampling and measurements. Potential exposures to radiation were evaluated for conditions of current and possible future land uses. Maximum estimated doses were about 12% of radiation protection standards, and most were less than 2%. 18 figures, 120 tables.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
5962647
Report Number(s):
DOE/EV-0005/30; LA-8890-ENV; ON: DE82002605
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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