Multimedia assessment of health risks for the Weldon Spring site remedial action project
The US Department of Energy (DOE), under its Surplus Facilities Management Program (SFMP), is responsible for cleanup activities at the Weldon Spring site, Weldon Spring, Missouri. The site consists of two noncontiguous areas: the chemical plant area, which includes four raffinate pits, and the quarry. The Weldon Spring site became radioactively and chemically contaminated as a result of processing and disposal activities that took place from the 1940s through the 1960s. The US Department of the Army used the Weldon Spring site to produce dinitrotoluene (DNT) and trinitrotoluene (TNT) explosives from 1941 to 1946. The US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC, predecessor of the DOE) used the site to process uranium and thorium ore concentrates from 1957 to 1966. The quarry was used by the Army and the AEC for waste disposal beginning in the early 1940s; it was last used for disposal in 1969. Wastes placed in the quarry include TNT and DNT residues and radioactively contaminated materials. A summary of disposal activities at the quarry is presented. As part of the environmental compliance process at the Weldon Spring site, a baseline risk evaluation (BRE) was prepared to assess the potential risks associated with contamination present at the quarry. 13 refs., 2 figs., 6 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/NE
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 7153192
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-900676-4; ON: DE90011116; TRN: 90-018366
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 83. annual meeting and exhibition of the Air and Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA (USA), 24-29 Jun 1990
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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POLLUTANTS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
RADIUM 226
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
RADIUM 228
SURPLUS NUCLEAR FACILITIES
REMEDIAL ACTION
THORIUM 230
THORIUM 232
URANIUM 238
COMPILED DATA
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DAUGHTER PRODUCTS
GAMMA RADIATION
HEALTH HAZARDS
MISSOURI
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
TNT
TOLUENE
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALKYLATED AROMATICS
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
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BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CARBON 14 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
DATA
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EXPLOSIVES
FEDERAL REGION VII
HAZARDS
HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
HEAVY NUCLEI
HYDROCARBONS
INFORMATION
IONIZING RADIATIONS
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NITRO COMPOUNDS
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIATIONS
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIUM ISOTOPES
THORIUM ISOTOPES
URANIUM ISOTOPES
USA
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WASTE MANAGEMENT
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