Re:Numerous Transuranics found at Niagara - Help

["Mccormick, Luke I" <LUKE.Mccormick@dhs.gov>]

To get a better view of what is going on you may wish to look at the

following site.



http://www.lrb.usace.army.mil/fusrap/nfss/



Niagara Falls Storage Site is a FUSRAP site because it is the repository

for the  Belgain congo ore residuals. These ores were about 65% uranium as

opposed to the low concentrations found in the US ores. Since the site was

also used as a rad waste dump into the '50s there are a great number of

radionuclides at the site. The risk driver for the site is the Ra-226

buried there. The estimated concentrations are greater than class C, so

there are a number of transportation and disposal problems associated with

trying to remove the wastes. There are monitoring wells all around the site

and there is little migration seen so far. The site is capped so that is to

be expected. I think the risk assesment showed there may be a greater risk

in removing the wastes and transporting them than there is in leaving them

on site.

I've been out of the loop on that project for 6 months but heard that

something is in the planning stages for the site but I do not know what

that plan is for.

There are a ton of other issues associated with this site. To do it

justice, you need to review the few thousand pages of preliminary

assessment/site investigation data.

Regards,

Luke McCormick

DHS (former USACE) HP.



____________________Reply Separator____________________

Subject:    Numerous Transuranics found at Niagara - Help

Author:     owner-radsafe@list.Vanderbilt.Edu

Date:       6/25/2004 2:31 PM









       Dear Radsafers:



       I'm looking for some assistance. There have been numerous

       transuranic materials found around Niagara Falls, New York,

       including Plutonium, Lanthanum, Strontium, Actinium, Cesium and

       perhaps others. All of these fission products have been buried

       at the Lake Ontario Ordnance Works since at least 1944. All

       products were disposed of in direct contact to the soils and

       within feet of the water table.



       Would someone be able to tell me the dangers of these materials

       being in the environment and in contact to the soils and in

       near proximity to the water table.

       This situation, I believe, is serious and perhaps even

       catastrophic in magnitude.



       I would appreciate any comments, guidance or direction to

       address this situation of grave concern.



       Thanking you each in advance for any help.



       Sincerely,

       Louis Ricciuti

       Niagara Falls Lewiston - Porter, New York

       "Los Alamos East"







************************************************************************

You are currently subscribed to the Radsafe mailing list. To

unsubscribe, send an e-mail to Majordomo@list.vanderbilt.edu  Put the

text "unsubscribe radsafe" (no quote marks) in the body of the e-mail,

with no subject line. You can view the Radsafe archives at

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/radsafe/



************************************************************************

You are currently subscribed to the Radsafe mailing list. To

unsubscribe, send an e-mail to Majordomo@list.vanderbilt.edu  Put the

text "unsubscribe radsafe" (no quote marks) in the body of the e-mail,

with no subject line. You can view the Radsafe archives at

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/radsafe/