Corrective Action Investigation Plan for Corrective Action Unit 140: Waste Dumps, Burn Pits, and Storage Area, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, July 2002, Rev. No. 0
This Corrective Action Investigation Plan contains the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Operations Office's approach to collect the data necessary to evaluate corrective action alternatives appropriate for the closure of Corrective Action Unit (CAU) 140 under the Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order. Corrective Action Unit 140 consists of nine Corrective Action Sites (CASs): 05-08-01, Detonation Pits; 05-08-02, Debris Pits; 05-17-01, Hazardous Waste Accumulation Site (Buried); 05-19-01, Waste Disposal Site; 05-23-01, Gravel Gertie; 05-35-01, Burn Pit; 05-99-04, Burn Pit; 22-99-04, Radioactive Waste Dump; 23-17-01, Hazardous Waste Storage Area. All nine of these CASs are located within Areas 5, 22, and 23 of the Nevada Test Site (NTS) in Nevada, approximately 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas. This CAU is being investigated because disposed waste may be present without appropriate controls (i.e., use restrictions, adequate cover) and hazardous and/or radioactive constituents may be present or migrating at concentrations and locations that could potentially pose a threat to human health and the environment. The NTS has been used for various research and development projects including nuclear weapons testing. The CASs in CAU 140 were used for testing, material storage, waste storage, and waste disposal. A two-phase approach has been selected to collect information and generate data to satisfy needed resolution criteria and resolve the decision statements. Phase I will determine if contaminants of potential concern (COPCs) are present in concentrations exceeding preliminary action levels. This data will be evaluated at all CASs. Phase II will determine the extent of the contaminant(s) of concern (COCs). This data will only be evaluated for CASs with a COC identified during Phase I. Based on process knowledge, the COPCs for CAU 140 include volatile organics, semivolatile organics, petroleum hydrocarbons, explosive residues, herbicides, pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls, metals, and radionuclides. The results of this field investigation will support a defensible evaluation of corrective action alternatives in the corrective action decision document.
- Research Organization:
- IT Corporation, Las Vegas, NV (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC08-97NV13052
- OSTI ID:
- 803837
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NV-826; TRN: US0300317
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 18 Jul 2002
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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EXPLOSIONS
EXPLOSIVES
HERBICIDES
HYDROCARBONS
NEVADA TEST SITE
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOISOTOPES
STORAGE
WASTE DISPOSAL
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CORRECTIVE ACTION INVESTIGATION PLAN
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION NEVADA OPERATIONS OFFICE
CORRECTIVE ACTION UNIT
CAU
140
FEDERAL FACILITY AGREEMENT AND CONSENT ORDER
CORRECTIVE ACTION SITES
CASS
NTS
CONTAMINANTS OF POTENTIAL CONCERN
COPCS
CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN
COC