Long Term Stewardship Challenges at the St. Louis District FUSRAP Sites

Conference · Wed Feb 27 04:00:00 EST 2002

OSTI ID:829566

Dell'Orco, L; Chambers, D

Non-Federally owned radioactively contaminated sites in St. Louis, Missouri are currently being remediated by the St. Louis District Corps of Engineers under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP). When FUSRAP remediation is complete, inaccessible soils which have levels of contamination greater than unrestricted use standards, will remain. The purpose of this paper is to document the initial challenges facing the project team during its development of the Long Term Stewardship plan for the management of these soils. These soils are located under buildings, roads, railroads and bridges. The Long Term Stewardship plan for the majority of the sites is being developed simultaneously with the remedy selection process. A living document, it will ultimately document the remedial action end state and location of inaccessible soils and implement the plan for ensuring these soils are not a threat to human health and the environment. Although these soils are protective in their current configuration, at some point in time, when activities such as maintenance, utility or property improvement occur, the soils will become accessible and need to be addressed by the federal government. Up until that point in time they will need to be effectively managed to ensure they remain protective. The St. Louis District is in the process of collaboratively developing this plan with its regulators, affected stakeholders and interested parties.

• Research Organization: St. Louis District Corps of Engineers FUSRAP Project Office 8945 Latty Avenue, Berkeley, MO (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: none (US)
• OSTI ID: 829566
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
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CONFIGURATION
CONTAMINATION
MAINTENANCE
MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
REMEDIAL ACTION
SOILS
US CORPS OF ENGINEERS
WASTE MANAGEMENT