Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 8): Denver Radium/ROBCO, Colorado (second remedial action), September 1986. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:6281832

The Denver Radium/ROBCO site is located on the site of the former National Radium Institute (NRI) facility, a private corporation operating between 1914 and 1920 which produced radium under an agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Mines. Research revealed the ROBCO property as one of thirty-one radioactive sites in the Denver metropolitan area. There is no serious public health risk at present from the radon gas and its decay products found onsite. However, since radium has a half-life of 1600 years, there is a long-term potential for increased public health risk if the radium-contaminated materials were misused or inadvertently spread. An EPA preferred alternative, full removal and permanent offsite disposal, is proposed but is very costly. Therefore, the EPA is actively pursuing a temporary offsite storage remedy.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6281832
• Report Number(s): PB-87-190070/XAB; EPA/ROD/R-08-86/009
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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