DOE and commercial landfill proximity

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Hello Radsafers:



I have a question..Does anyone out there know if there is another

Department of Energy waste facility that is bounded at the fenceline by two 

commercial waste company landfills? I am curious because in Lewiston - Porter - 

Youngstown, Niagara County, New York, the hhistoric Lake Ontario Ordnance 

Works-Niagara Falls Storage Site (LOOW)-(DoE-NFSS) is bounded at the fence by 

Modern Disposal/Recycling and Chemical Waste Management landfills. The former is 

a solid muni-waste facility. The latter is the only open receptive hazardous 

waste facility in the NE and contains many types of chemical wastes. The entire 

area becomes saturated annually/seasonally (water table rises over 

containment) with ground water and groundwater contaminants from the waste landfill have 

likely migrated.



What are the hazards associated with the close proximity of chemical and 

radiological wastes should they come into contact with one another? 



Any information is appreciated, detail would be additionally welcomed.

Louis Ricciuti

Niagara Lewiston, NY