Remediation of the Melton Valley Watershed at Oak Ridge National Lab: An Accelerated Closure Success Story
Abstract
The Melton Valley (MV) Watershed at the U. S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) encompasses approximately 430 hectares (1062 acres). Historic operations at ORNL produced a diverse legacy of contaminated facilities and waste disposal areas in the valley. In addition, from 1955 to 1963, ORNL served as a major disposal site for wastes from over 50 off-site government-sponsored installations, research institutions, and other isotope users. Contaminated areas in the watershed included burial grounds, landfills, underground tanks, surface impoundments, liquid disposal pits/trenches, hydro-fracture wells, leak and spill sites, inactive surface structures, and contaminated soil and sediment. Remediation of the watershed in accordance with the requirements specified in the Melton Valley Record of Decision (ROD) for Interim Actions in Melton Valley, which estimated that remedial actions specified in the ROD would occur over a period of 14 years, with completion by FY 2014. Under the terms of the Accelerated Closure Contract between DOE and its contractor, Bechtel Jacobs Company, LLC, the work was subdivided into 14 separate sub-projects which were completed between August 2001 and September 2006, 8 years ahead of the original schedule. (authors)
- Authors:
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- Bechtel Jacobs Company, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- U.S. DOE, Oak Ridge Operations Office, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- U.S. DOE, Office of Groundwater and Soil Remediation, Washington, DC (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- WM Symposia, 1628 E. Southern Avenue, Suite 9 - 332, Tempe, AZ 85282 (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 21326167
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US-10-WM-08449
TRN: US10V0622067532
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: WM'08: Waste Management Symposium 2008 - HLW, TRU, LLW/ILW, Mixed, Hazardous Wastes and Environmental Management - Phoenix Rising: Moving Forward in Waste Management, Phoenix, AZ (United States), 24-28 Feb 2008; Other Information: Country of input: France
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; CLOSURES; CONTAMINATION; OAK RIDGE; ORNL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REMEDIAL ACTION; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; TANKS; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL; WATERSHEDS
Citation Formats
Johnson, Ch, Cange, J, Skinner, R, and Adams, V. Remediation of the Melton Valley Watershed at Oak Ridge National Lab: An Accelerated Closure Success Story. United States: N. p., 2008.
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Johnson, Ch, Cange, J, Skinner, R, & Adams, V. Remediation of the Melton Valley Watershed at Oak Ridge National Lab: An Accelerated Closure Success Story. United States.
Johnson, Ch, Cange, J, Skinner, R, and Adams, V. 2008.
"Remediation of the Melton Valley Watershed at Oak Ridge National Lab: An Accelerated Closure Success Story". United States.
@article{osti_21326167,
title = {Remediation of the Melton Valley Watershed at Oak Ridge National Lab: An Accelerated Closure Success Story},
author = {Johnson, Ch and Cange, J and Skinner, R and Adams, V},
abstractNote = {The Melton Valley (MV) Watershed at the U. S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) encompasses approximately 430 hectares (1062 acres). Historic operations at ORNL produced a diverse legacy of contaminated facilities and waste disposal areas in the valley. In addition, from 1955 to 1963, ORNL served as a major disposal site for wastes from over 50 off-site government-sponsored installations, research institutions, and other isotope users. Contaminated areas in the watershed included burial grounds, landfills, underground tanks, surface impoundments, liquid disposal pits/trenches, hydro-fracture wells, leak and spill sites, inactive surface structures, and contaminated soil and sediment. Remediation of the watershed in accordance with the requirements specified in the Melton Valley Record of Decision (ROD) for Interim Actions in Melton Valley, which estimated that remedial actions specified in the ROD would occur over a period of 14 years, with completion by FY 2014. Under the terms of the Accelerated Closure Contract between DOE and its contractor, Bechtel Jacobs Company, LLC, the work was subdivided into 14 separate sub-projects which were completed between August 2001 and September 2006, 8 years ahead of the original schedule. (authors)},
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year = {Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2008},
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