Draft final feasibility study for Montclair/West Orange and Glen Ridge, New Jersey radium sites
The Montclair/West Orange and Glen Ridge Radium Sites are three noncontiguous radium-contaminated sites consisting of 45 acres in Montclair, 9 acres in West orange and 50 acres in Glen Ridge. All three sites are located in densely residential areas of suburban Essex County in northeastern New Jersey. Radium-contaminated soils have been deposited as fill material around and under homes in the three sites causing elevated radiation exposures that pose a danger to the health of the residents of these areas, The radiation exposures consist of elevated indoor concentrations of radon gas---a decay product of radium, and elevated outdoor and indoor gamma radiation levels that approach and sometimes exceed the radiological standards for the general public. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contracted with Camp Dresser and McKee Inc. (CDM) to evaluate the feasibility of alternative plans to remediate the contamination at the three sites. Because several remediation alternatives will require disposal of large amounts of contaminated soil, a variety of different disposal alternatives also were evaluated. The overall objective of the remedial action at the Montclair/West Orange and Glen Ridge Radium Sites is to minimize or eliminate the potential health hazard produced by the radioactive- contaminated soils present in the three communities. The purpose of this study is to provide the information necessary to select the most appropriate methods to remediate the contamination at the sites and to dispose of the contaminated material.
- Research Organization:
- Camp Dresser and McKee, Inc., Edison, NJ (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6540537
- Report Number(s):
- NP-8011453; ON: TI88011453
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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