FUSRAP Site Specific Information

CALIFORNIA

University of California - Berkeley, Calif.

Manhattan Project research and development was performed at Gilman Hall on the University of California-Berkeley campus. Only the third floor and basement areas were associated with Manhattan Engineer District activities.

DOE completed the cleanup of all FUSRAP-related radioactive contamination in FY 1982. DOE-FUSRAP has no continuing presence at the site.

CONNECTICUT

Seymour Specialty Wire Site - Seymour, Conn.

Seymour Specialty Wire Company is located on Franklin Street along the west side of the Naugatuck River and just north of State Route 67.

Contract work for the Atomic Energy Commission was performed at the site by National Distillers and Chemical Corporation and its subsidiaries: Bridgeport Brass Company from 1962 to 1963 and Reactive Metals, Inc., in 1964. Operation of the Seymour facility was later taken over by employees; the facility is now operated as Seymour Specialty Wire Company.

DOE completed radiological cleanup of the site in 1993. The cleanup consisted primarily of building surface decontamination with some minor soil excavations. Thirty-eight cubic yards of waste was transported and disposed of at a licensed commercial disposal facility in Utah.

CE Site - Windsor, Conn.

The CE site occupies approximately 1,100 acres in Windsor, Connecticut. The facility supplied components for reactor projects managed by the Atomic Energy Commission in the 1940s and 1950s. Initially, the components did not involve nuclear materials, but in 1955, new contracts led to the use of uranium.

In the early 1980s, radiological surveys detected radium and thorium contamination in three buildings, related drainpipes and sewer lines, a waste storage pad area, a waste drum burial site, and a brook on the property. In 1986 CE conducted a cleanup of these areas, and a follow-up survey in 1989 indicated that the contamination had been reduced to levels that met established Nuclear Regulatory Commission guidelines.

In 1993, a further survey of areas used for Atomic Energy Commission activities revealed uranium contamination in five major locations at the CE site. The survey results indicate the need for further cleanup. Consequently, further characterization activities will be conducted under FUSRAP to determine the nature and extent of contamination at the site and to help identify effective cleanup strategies.

ILLINOIS

National Guard Armory - Chicago, Ill.

The National Guard Armory (Washington Park Armory) is located at 52nd Street and Cottage Grove in Chicago. The site was leased by the Manhattan Project for storage and limited metallurgical work in the 1940s. The property is now owned by the State of Illinois.

DOE cleanup of radioactive contamination was completed in FY 1988.

University of Chicago - Chicago, Ill.

University of Chicago buildings associated with Manhattan Project work were the new Chemistry Laboratory and Annex, West Stands, Ryerson Physical Laboratory, Echkhart Hall, Kent Chemical Laboratory, Jones Chemical Laboratory, and Ricketts Laboratory. The new Chemistry Laboratory and Annex, the West Stands, and Ricketts Laboratory have been decontaminated and torn down. DOE cleaned up most of the remaining onsite radioactive contamination in FY 1984.

During FY 1987, characterization and remedial action were conducted for the duct system of the Jones Chemical Laboratory. It was certified clean in FY 1990. DOE has no continuing presence at the site.

Granite City Steel Site - Granite City, Ill.

The Granite City Steel site is located at 1417 State Street in southwest Granite City, Ill., northeast of St. Louis, Mo.

The site's previous occupant, General Steel Castings Corporation, x-rayed uranium ingots for the Atomic Energy Commission under purchase orders issued by Mallinckrodt Chemical Company, a prime AEC contractor. General Steel Castings was the custodian of two government-owned betatrons believed to have been used in support of this effort.

The residual radioactive material at the site was likely the result of operations such as the rubbing off of oxidized uranium during handling. Survey results showed small amounts of residual radioactivity in excess of federal guidelines remained in several areas of the x-ray building.

DOE cleanup of the site was completed in June 1993.

Madison Site - Madison, Ill.

The Madison site is a former Dow Chemical Company Plant in Madison, Illinois, which is northeast of St. Louis. The site is located in West Madison at the intersection of College and Weaver Streets.

The site consists of a large, multisectional complex of ten interconnecting buildings with a total under-roof area of approximately 1.4 million square feet. The current owner is Spectrulite Consortium, Inc.

In 1957, Dow performed research and development work in gamma phase extrusion of uranium metal. In March 1960, the Uranium Division of the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works issued a purchase order for the straightening of Mallinckrodt-supplied uranium rods.

Recent survey results indicate elevated concentrations of uranium and thorium in the area where the uranium extrusion and rod straightening work took place.

MARYLAND

W. R. Grace & Company Site - Curtis Bay, Baltimore, Md.

The W. R. Grace & Company site is located near Curtis Bay at 5500 Chemical Rd., Baltimore, Md.

W. R. Grace & Company, Davison Chemical Division, performed work for the Atomic Energy Commission in one building (No. 23) at this 260-acre facility. The wastes were buried in a landfill-type area covering about 4 acres. The site currently supports commercial activity.

Although DOE has conducted no remedial investigation or remedial action at the site to date, DOE has worked with W. R. Grace on building No. 23 upgrades to ensure they are conducted in a safe manner and that any radiological debris is properly handled.

MASSACHUSETTS

Chapman Valve Site - Indian Orchard, Mass.

The Chapman Valve site is located at 203 Hampshire Street in Indian Orchard, Mass.

The Chapman Valve Manufacturing Company occupied the site until 1959. In 1948, Chapman Valve set aside a portion of one building at the site to engage in a program for Brookhaven National Laboratory that involved working with uranium. The uranium work ceased in 1948.

In 1991, a survey by Oak Ridge National Laboratory found uranium contamination on floors, walls, and overhead beams.

DOE completed its radiological cleanup of the site in September 1995, making Chapman Valve the 21st FUSRAP site completion.

Shpack Landfill - Norton, Mass.

The former Shpack Landfill, Norton, Mass., covers about 8 acres. A portion of the site lies within the boundaries of the Town of Attleboro and is owned by a private firm, Attleboro Landfill, Inc.

The Environmental Protection Agency currently lists the site on the National Priorities List. DOE conducted an investigation and subsequent removal action at the site in the early 1980s, but has performed no remedial action. DOE also has installed monitoring wells and a fence restricting access to the site. The EPA and Potentially Responsible Parties are now assessing the site and planning final site remediation.

Ventron - Beverley, Mass.

The Ventron site consists of several buildings once used in support of Atomic Energy Commission uranium work.

The work was performed by Metal Hydrides, incorporated in 1937. The name changed to Ventron Corporation in 1965. Late in 1976, Morton-Thiokol Corporation acquired control of the company. The site is not currently in use.

Nearly 10,000 cubic yards of low-level radioactive material were removed from the site in a remedial action that began in May of 1996. The material was loaded onto almost 700 trucks and shipped out of state to a licensed disposal facility. On August 8, 1997 DOE determined that the site is clean and available for use without radiological restrictions.

MICHIGAN

General Motors Site - Adrian, Mich.

The General Motors site is located at 1450 Beecher Street in Adrian, Mich.

From 1954 until 1962, the Bridgeport Brass Company used part of the site for extruding uranium metal to supply fuel for nuclear reactors at Hanford, Wash., and Savannah River, S.C. Martin Marietta Corporation purchased the facility in the early 1960s and subsequently sold it to General Motors in 1974. In 1979, a DOE study revealed areas of uranium contamination above guidelines in subfloor drains, sumps and pipes

DOE cleanup work began in the spring of 1995 and was completed in July 1995. Approximately 3,500 cubic feet of contaminated materials were removed and shipped to a licensed disposal facility.

GM is the 20th FUSRAP site completion.

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MISSOURI

St. Louis-Area Sites

St. Louis Downtown Site, St. Louis, Mo.

The St. Louis Downtown Site (SLDS) is located in eastern St. Louis, at the intersection of North Broadway and Destrehan streets. The site occupies about 45 acres and is currently owned and operated by Mallinckrodt Chemical, Inc. Portions of the site have been used by Mallinckrodt in support of the Manhattan Engineer District and the Atomic Energy Commission.

DOE conducted remedial investigations in FY 1988 and groundwater monitoring from mid-FY 1988 to early FY 1989. Wells created for this monitoring program are still in place.

DOE cleaned up a portion of the site, known as the Plant 10 area, in the summer of 1995.

Latty Avenue Properties, Hazelwood, Mo.

The Latty Avenue Properties, in Hazelwood and Berkeley, Mo, are located 0.6 miles north of the St. Louis Airport. The properties consist of (1) the Hazelwood Interim Storage Site (HISS), an 11.6 acre DOE-leased property at 9200 Latty Avenue used for interim storage of materials removed from vicinity properties, and (2) several vicinity properties on Latty Avenue. DOE leases the land at HISS from the Futura Chemical Company.

In FY 1988 removal actions were completed on portions of HISS and some of the vicinity properties. Additional vicinity properties were cleaned in 1995. DOE maintains a public information office at HISS.

St. Louis Airport Site, St. Louis, Mo.

The St. Louis Airport Site (SLAPS), located in Hazelwood and Berkeley, Mo., is a 21.7-acre tract adjacent to the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. The Manhattan Engineer District acquired this site in 1946 as an extension of its operations at the downtown site. Ownership transferred to the Lambert-St. Louis Airport Authority in 1969. The site is now controlled by the airport authority and the City of St. Louis.

The site is on the Environmental Protection Agency's National Priority List.

St. Louis Airport Site Vicinity Properties, St. Louis, Mo.

In the 1960s, contaminated materials were transported in open trucks from the airport site to the Latty Avenue site (HISS) and from Latty Ave. to an out-of-state commercial processing facility. As a result contaminated material fell or blew off of the trucks during transport, contaminating many of these "haul routes."

FUSRAP characterized the haul routes, including approximately 70 adjacent properties in 1988 and 1989.

Seven of the contaminated vicinity properties were residential. These properties were cleaned up in early FY 1995.

NEW MEXICO

Acid and Pueblo Canyon Site - Los Alamos, N.M.

The Acid and Pueblo Canyon site, near Los Alamos, N.M., was the location of a waste treatment plant and discharge area, associated with research and processing at the nearby Los Alamos National Laboratory.

In 1947, control of site lands was transferred from the War Department to the Atomic Energy Commission. After decontamination and decommissioning in 1966 and 1967, the treatment plant site, Acid Canyon, and the portion of Pueblo Canyon east of Acid Canyon were transferred to Los Alamos County.

DOE completed cleanup of the radioactive contamination in FY 1982. About 300 cubic yards of material were removed. A final certification docket was published and the site was certified to be in compliance with applicable radiological guidelines in August 1984. DOE-FUSRAP has no continuing presence at the site.

Bayo Canyon Site - Los Alamos, N.M.

The Bayo Canyon site is located in Los Alamos and Santa Fe counties and is bounded by Kwage Mesa to the south and Otowi Mesa to the north. The 1.5-acre site is adjacent to the Township of Los Alamos on the west and is about 62 miles north-northeast of Albuquerque and 25 miles northwest of Santa Fe.

The U.S. government used the site from 1943 to 1967 for radiochemistry research and waste disposal. DOE completed cleanup activities at the site in FY 1982 and maintains no ongoing presence.

Chupadera Mesa Site - N.M.

The Chupadera Mesa is part of the fallout area from the first atomic bomb test conducted for the Manhattan Engineer District on July 16, 1945, at the White Sands Proving Grounds. The Chupadera Mesa area was and continues to be both privately and publicly owned. Based on a radiological survey report published in 1984, DOE has determined that this site does not require radiological remedial action. DOE maintains no materials or presence on the site.

NEW JERSEY

Du Pont & Company Site - Deepwater, N.J.

The Du Pont & Company site in Deepwater, N.J., is commonly referred to as the Chambers Dye Works of Du Pont. This 700-acre site is located in both Pennsville and Penns Grove Townships on the north shore of the Delaware River, near the Delaware Memorial Bridge and adjacent to the residential community of Deepwater.

Manhattan Engineer District activities took place on the Pennsville portion of the property in a section known as the "Blue Products Area." The site is presently in use.

In 1977, Oak Ridge National Laboratory performed a radiological survey at the Du Pont & Company site and established that contamination exists there. In 1983, DOE conducted another radiological survey in six separate areas of the plant to identify the extent of the radioactive contamination.

To date, no remedial action has been performed. DOE maintains no presence at the site.

Maywood Site - Maywood, N.J.

The Maywood Site was added to FUSRAP by Congress in 1984. The site comprises residential, municipal, and commercial properties in the boroughs of Maywood and Lodi, and in Rochelle Park Township, Bergen County, N.J. It also includes a soil storage site on 12 acres of DOE-owned land located at 100 West Hunter Avenue in Maywood.

Contamination at the site originated from the commercial processing of thorium ores at the Maywood Chemical Works during the early to middle part of this century. In 1959 the current owner, the Stepan Company, purchased the property. Since 1984, DOE has completed radiological cleanup of many vicinity properties; waste removed during these cleanups has been in interim storage on the DOE property, and is now being sent to an out-of-state licensed disposal facility.

DOE conducts environmental surveillance of air, surface water, sediment, and groundwater at the interim storage facility. Groundwater wells are also located on several vicinity properties and in select areas throughout the municipalities.

The site is listed on the Environmental Protection Agency's National Priorities List.

Middlesex Sampling Plant - Middlesex, N.J.

The former Middlesex Sampling Plant , Middlesex, N.J., includes several buildings on 9.6 acres located at 239 Mountain Avenue in Middlesex.

Middlesex was an entry point for African uranium ores known as pitchblende. The material was sampled, assayed, then shipped to other sites involved in the MED/AEC work.

In addition to maintaining two interim storage piles, resulting from the cleanup of residential vicinity properties and the Middlesex Municipal Landfill property, DOE conducts environmental surveillance of air, surface water, sediment, and groundwater at the site.

Middlesex Municipal Landfill - Middlesex, N.J.

In 1984 and 1986, DOE removed radiological material that had been placed in the landfill following the initial decontamination of the Middlesex Sampling Plant site in 1948. The 31,200 cubic yards of material generated by the cleanups were returned to the plant site, where they comprise one of the two storage piles.

New Brunswick Site - New Brunswick, N.J.

The New Brunswick site is located in an industrial area at 986 Jersey Avenue.

The Atomic Energy Commission acquired the 5.5-acre site in 1948 to use as a standards laboratory for assaying nuclear and non-nuclear materials used in the reactor and weapons programs. In 1960, approximately 500 cubic meters of soil contaminated with Belgian Congo pitchblende was transported to the site. It was mixed with clean soil, resulting in a total volume of approximately 3,100 cubic meters, and used to fill in a cut for an unused railroad spur at the back of the site.

DOE shut down the New Brunswick Laboratory in 1977. During the site's 29 years of operation, contaminated liquid wastes were discharged directly into the sewer system as permitted by the guidelines in effect during that period.

In 1977, cleanup work started with the decontamination and demolition of the buildings. Next, sewers and drainlines were cleaned of radioactive contamination.

The New Brunswick Site was completed on November 26, 1996.

Wayne Site - Wayne, N.J.

The Wayne, N.J., site was assigned to DOE-FUSRAP by Congress in 1984. The 6.4-acre site is located at 868 Black Oak Ridge Road, about 1.2 miles east of Pompton Plains and about 1.9 miles north of Wayne, in northeastern New Jersey.

Contamination at the site and on several vicinity properties originated from commercial thorium processing, which was begun in 1948 by Rare Earths, Inc. The Davison Chemical Division of W. R. Grace and Company acquired the site in November 1956. Processing activities continued until the plant permanently closed in July 1971.

From 1967 to 1984, Electro-Nucleonics, Inc., leased and occupied the site. DOE acquired the site in 1984 and has constructed an interim storage facility that now houses waste from cleanups at vicinity properties. The site is listed on the Environmental Protection Agency's National Priorities List.

In 1985, the radiological condition of Sheffield Brook was characterized. One year later, the Pompton River was characterized at its confluence with Sheffield Brook. Contaminated soils in the floodplain and stream channel of Sheffield Brook were removed between Pompton Plains Cross Road and Farmingdale Road. Excavation along the area between Farmingdale Road and the Pompton River was completed in 1987.

The last of a total of 25 vicinity properties was remediated in 1993. In July 1995, a contract was awarded to remove the storage pile to an out-of-state licensed disposal facility

In addition to maintaining an interim soil storage facility and a site information center on the property, DOE conducts environmental surveillance of air, surface water, sediment, and groundwater at the site. A two-story office and storage building are also located on the site.

Kellex/Pierpont - Jersey City, N.J.

The Kellex/Pierpont site is located at the intersection of New Jersey Route 440 and Kellogg Street in Jersey City. This site originally consisted of approximately 43 acres with more than 20 buildings.

In 1951, the Vitro Corporation of America assumed all rights and obligations of Kellex. DOE completed cleanup of radioactive contamination in FY 1981. DOE maintains no presence at the site.

NEW YORK

Bliss & Laughlin Steel Site - Buffalo, N.Y.

The former Bliss & Laughlin facility, located at 110 Hopkins St. in Lackawanna, N.Y., just south of Buffalo, consists of a single, large building. Bliss & Laughlin Steel Company owned the site until Ramco Steel Inc. purchased it in 1972. Since March 1992, Niagara Cold Drawn Corporation has owned and occupied the building.

The Bliss & Laughlin Steel Company was a large processor of cold drawn steel. In the fall of 1952, the company performed machining and straightening operations on uranium rods. Although no contracts or purchase orders have been located, records of the Atomic Energy Commission suggest the work was performed for the National Lead Company of Ohio, an Atomic Energy Commission prime contractor.

DOE and the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education conducted an on-site visit in March 1992. They determined that residual uranium above DOE guidelines was present in the floor and rafter areas of the building.

Colonie Site - Colonie, N.Y.

The Colonie Site is located at 1130 Central Avenue in Colonie, N.Y. Land use in the vicinity of the site is primarily commercial and residential. The 11.2-acre site includes property formerly owned by National Lead Industries (NL) and all vicinity properties that became contaminated as a result of NL operations. There are 56 residential and commercial vicinity properties, of which 53 have been cleaned up.

Most of the Colonie site is comprised of the former NL property and buildings NL used to manufacture a variety of products from depleted uranium. In 1984, Congress instructed DOE to conduct a demonstration project at the site, and NL transferred title to the federal government. Since then DOE has used the site as an interim storage facility for contaminated materials removed from the affected vicinity properties. In 1985, DOE neutralized acids and chemicals stored in the buildings at the site and continued to store the neutralized material there.

FUSRAP characterized the plant grounds and the plant itself in 1988 and 1989 to define the boundaries of hazardous waste and radioactive contamination. Following decontamination, the building was dismantled in September 1995. Plans are to clean up the site grounds over the next few years.

Niagara Falls Storage Site - Lewiston, N.Y.

The 191-acre Niagara Falls Storage Site (NFSS) is located at 1397 Pletcher Road, in Lewiston, N.Y., 10 miles north of the city of Niagara Falls. It consists of four buildings and an engineered cell containing 250,000 cubic yards of radiologically contaminated soils and approximately 4,000 cubic yards of radium-bearing residues. Since 1944, NFSS has stored low-level radioactive material from Manhattan Engineer District/Atomic Energy Commission sites.

Current site activities involve the surveillance and maintenance of the containment structure.

Tonawanda Sites - Tonawanda, N.Y.

Praxair

The Praxair site (formerly Linde Center or Linde Air Products Division of the Union Carbide Corporation) is located in Tonawanda, N.Y., just north of Buffalo. It consists of four buildings once used by the Atomic Energy Commission for uranium ore processing. Residual radioactive material exists in and around the building.

Most site investigations were completed in 1991. Interim actions in FY '96 included decontamination and dismantlement activities.

Ashland 1

Ashland 1 is a 10.8-acre project owned by Ashland Oil Company. The Manhattan Engineer District purchased the property in 1944 to store waste residues from the Linde plant. Ashland Oil purchased the property in 1960 and built storage tanks on the site. The tanks have since been removed. Apart from storage of drill spoils and the performance of routine surveillance, DOE maintains no presence at the site.

Ashland 2

Ashland 2 is in an undeveloped tract adjacent to Ashland 1. This site became contaminated when Ashland Oil transported waste from the Ashland 1 property to a landfill area on the Ashland 2 property. Most investigations at the site were completed in 1991. DOE conducted groundwater monitoring at the site from 1987 to 1990.

Seaway Industrial Park

Seaway Industrial Park covers nearly 100 acres and is bounded by the Ashland 1 and 2 properties. It is owned by the Seaway Industrial Park Development Company, Inc., and at one time was operated as a landfill by Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI). The site was contaminated with soils transported from Ashland 1 during construction of the storage tanks. Preliminary characterization of the site was completed in 1988. No radiological cleanup has been implemented at the site, however cleanup activities are scheduled to begin in the near future.

Baker & Williams site - New York, N.Y.

The Baker & Williams site consists of three adjacent warehouse buildings on the west side of central New York City. During the early 1940s, these warehouses were used by the Manhattan Engineer District/Atomic Energy Commission for short-term storage of uranium concentrates produced in Port Hope, Canada, from African ores.

One building is 9 stories high with a basement; another is 7 stories high with a basement, and the third warehouse is 11 stories high with a basement. Each building is constructed of fireproof materials such as steel, concrete, asphalt, terra-cotta, and brick. The wall surfaces were covered with a variety of materials including paint, stucco, plaster, and a black foam material. With few exceptions, floors are currently used for storage. A designation survey in 1989 detected residual contamination in excess of DOE guidelines on about 80 to 90 percent of the floor area in two of the three warehouses. These two warehouses were cleaned and verified in 1991.

During the initial designation survey, the third warehouse was not accessible. When access was granted in 1991, the third warehouse was found to have residual radioactive contamination above guidelines. Cleanup of the third warehouse was completed in August 1992.

OHIO

Alba Craft Site - Oxford, Ohio

The Alba Craft site is located at 10-14 West Rose Avenue, Oxford, Ohio. The former Alba Craft Laboratory facility was an "h" shaped building, with a total area of approximately 7,000 to 8,000 square feet. The building was located in a residential neighborhood.

Alba Craft provided a variety of machine shop services on uranium metal for National Lead of Ohio, prime contractor for the Feed Materials Processing Center at nearby Fernald. Early work included general machining and developmental machining of threaded slugs from the Savannah River site. Final operations were on a production scale and consisted of hollow drilling and turning of slugs for the Savannah River and Hanford reactors.

The outdoor portion of the 1992 survey found that soil samples contained residual radioactive contamination, as did almost all of the old concrete paving.

The interior portion of the survey found that all floor surfaces were contaminated to some extent. Contamination of the walls was spotty and usually occurred near the floor. Window ledges, electrical switch boxes, old work benches, and other horizontal surfaces where dust could settle and be undisturbed showed uranium contamination. Most overhead structures such as electrical junction boxes, lights, and trusses were found to be contaminated.

The building was decontaminated and demolished in the fall of 1994. In addition to the site-proper, a residential property that was owned by Alba Craft's founder was found to be contaminated and was cleaned up in early FY 1994. The Alba Craft site was officially completed in February 1995, making it the 17th completed FUSRAP site.

Associate Aircraft Site - Fairfield, Ohio

The former Associate Aircraft Tool & Manufacturing facility at 3660 Dixie Highway, Fairfield, Ohio, is an operating machine shop covering approximately 20,000 to 25,000 square feet.

In 1956, the Atomic Energy Commission and National Lead of Ohio contracted with Associate Aircraft to machine hollow uranium slugs for the Hanford and Savannah River reactors. Associate Aircraft machined approximately 96,000 slugs during the contract period.

A survey conducted in June 1992 indicated uranium contamination in some concrete expansion joints and on the upper side of roof support beams. A radiological survey of the remaining property was conducted in September 1992, and additional residual contamination inside and outside the building was identified. DOE completed radiological cleanup of the site in May 1995, making it the 19th completed site.

B & T Metals Site - Columbus, Ohio

B & T Metals is located at 425 West Town Street on the southwest side of Columbus, Ohio. The buildings and property cover most of a city block. The site consists of three buildings: the main office, a storage building, and an extrusion building that did not exist at the time of the Manhattan Engineer District activities. The work performed for the MED occurred in the northwest corner of the main office building.

In February 1943, the Du Pont Company, acting as an agent of the Manhattan Engineer District, contracted with B & T Metals to extrude rods from uranium metal billets for the Hanford reactor. B & T Metals extruded an estimated 50 tons of uranium. A 1989 radiological assessment identified higher-than-normal concentrations of uranium in dust on building support beams; in several floor, sump and drain locations inside the main office building; and in several outdoor locations.

FUSRAP has reached the official half-way mark with the June 11, 1996 completion of the B&T Metals Site

Baker Brothers Site - Toledo, Ohio

The Baker Brothers site is located in Toledo, Ohio, at the intersection of Harleau Place and Post Street.

In 1943 and 1944, Baker Brothers machined uranium slugs for Manhattan Engineer District contractors. It is believed that Baker Brothers fulfilled most of the initial uranium slug requirement for the world's first production nuclear reactor in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The property is now privately owned, and sustains several commercial enterprises.

Radiological surveys conducted in 1989 and 1990 revealed several outdoor areas and one small indoor area with radiation in excess of DOE guidelines. Full site characterization was conducted in the spring of 1995. Cleanup was completed in March 1996, making it the 22nd FUSRAP site completion.

HHM Safe Company Site - Hamilton, Ohio

The HHM Safe Co. site in Hamilton, Ohio, was used for machining uranium slugs intermittently from the 1940s to the 1950s. Radiological surveys performed on the first and second floor resulted in the detection of limited areas of excess radionuclide concentrations. Those areas were cleaned at that time. It was later learned that the building's third floor had also been used for uranium machining. Surveys revealed contamination in many of these areas.

A radiological cleanup of the third floor was initiated in December 1994 and completed in February 1995. HHM Safe Co. is the 18th FUSRAP site completion.

Luckey Site - Luckey, Ohio

The Luckey site, now occupied by Uretech International Corporation, is located in Luckey, Ohio, approximately 22 miles southeast of Toledo. The L-shaped site encompasses about 40 acres. Structures at the site include manufacturing facilities, warehouses, and utility buildings. Several lagoons and spoil areas are present outdoors.

In 1942, the federal Defense Plant Corporation purchased the site for the construction of a magnesium reduction facility. National Lead operated the facility for the government through World War II. In 1949, the Atomic Energy Commission constructed a beryllium production facility at the site. The waste solutions and sludge from the beryllium operation were stored on the plant property in lagoons approximately 4 feet deep. In December 1951, the site operator is believed to have purchased 1,000 tons of radiologically contaminated scrap steel. Steel was used to control chlorine emissions during the magnesium production process.

The Luckey site contains higher-than-normal concentrations of uranium, radium, and beryllium. No DOE cleanup activity has been conducted to date.

Painesville Site - Painesville, Ohio

The Painesville site is located at 720 Fairport-Nursery Road in Painesville, Ohio, approximately 22 miles northeast of Cleveland. In the early 1940s, the Defense Plant Corporation constructed a magnesium production facility on property owned by the Diamond Magnesium Company. In 1952 and 1953, Diamond Magnesium received approximately 1,450 tons of radioactively contaminated scrap steel from the Lake Ontario Storage Area. Steel was used to control chlorine emissions during the magnesium production process.

At the time of the magnesium production work, about a third of the site's approximately 150 acres was covered by large buildings and rail lines. At present, some of the same buildings are in use; others have been removed and/or replaced with other buildings, storage tanks, overhead pipe-rack systems, and spill-retention areas. In the early 1960s, the General Services Administration sold the Diamond Magnesium facility as commercial property to the Uniroyal Chemical Company and the Lonza Chemical Company. Both the Uniroyal and Lonza companies are still in operation.

Radiological survey results indicate radionuclide concentrations in excess of federal guidelines in both surface and subsurface soils on both properties. Detailed site characterization is scheduled to begin in 1996.

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) FUSRAP

OREGON

Albany Research Center - Albany, Ore.

The Albany Research Center (ARC) of the U.S. Bureau of Mines consists of 39 buildings on a 45-acre site. It is bounded on the north by Queen Avenue, on the west by Broadway Street, on the east by Liberty Street, and on the south by a tennis club. The buildings are owned by the federal government and are controlled by ARC. Research on alloys of uranium and thorium started in 1955 under an Atomic Energy Commission contract. Metallurgical operations included the melting, machining, welding, and alloying of thorium. The site is currently in use.

DOE characterized the site in FY 1984 and FY 1988. Partial cleanup was conducted in FY 1987-1988; the remainder of the work was completed in FY 1990-1991. Approximately 3,000 cubic yards of waste was transported to the DOE Hanford Reservation for disposal.

The site was certified clean in August 1994. FUSRAP has no ongoing presence at the site.

PENNSYLVANIA

Aliquippa Forge Site - Aliquippa, Pa.

Aliquippa Forge is a 7.5-acre site located about 0.2 miles west of the Ohio River in Aliquippa, Pa. It is bordered on the east by Beaver Avenue and on the south by First Street.

In the late 1940s, the Manhattan Engineer District/Atomic Energy Commission used a building at the facility for a uranium-rolling operation. During the AEC contract period, the site was owned by the Vulcan Crucible Steel Company. The current owner is Aliquippa Forge, Inc.

DOE characterized a portion of the site in 1986 and implemented an interim cleanup in one of the onsite buildings in 1988. Wastes generated by this activity were shipped to DOE's Hanford, Wash., facility for disposal. A portion of the remediated building was enclosed by a fence that DOE erected to prevent access to areas where additional contamination exceeded applicable cleanup guidelines.

During 1993, the second phase of remedial action was initiated. The work was completed in September 1994, making Aliquippa Forge the 15th site completion in FUSRAP.

C.H. Schnoor Site - Springdale, Pa.

The Schnoor site is located at 644 Garfield Street in Springdale, Pa.

C. H. Schnoor & Company provided metal fabrication services in support of Manhattan Engineer District operations as early as 1943. Du Pont contracted with this firm in May 1944 to machine unbonded slugs from uranium metal rod. Judging from cost data contained in the history, Schnoor machined about half of the total 48,000-slug requirement.

A 1987 survey beneath the building floor confirmed the presence of radioactive contamination above DOE guidelines. The results also revealed several contaminated areas outdoors. DOE initiated a radiological cleanup of the site in August 1994 and completed it in September 1994. It is the 16th FUSRAP site completion.

TENNESSEE

Elza Gate Site- Oak Ridge, Tenn.

The former Elza Gate warehouse area, also known as the Melton Lake Industrial Park, is located in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The site originally consisted of five warehouses and other smaller structures that were used by the Manhattan Engineer District to store uranium ore (pitchblende) and processed residues.

In 1946, the Atomic Energy Commission took over responsibility for the warehouse site. The site was used by DOE predecessor agencies to store various electrical equipment. In 1972, the site was sold to the City of Oak Ridge, which sold the property for commercial development.

DOE completed characterization of the site in 1989 and 1990. Limited decontamination of an onsite building and several concrete pads was performed in 1989. Cleanup of the site was completed in phases. The first phase involved the removal of the radioactive contaminated concrete floor and subsoil from the onsite building. The second phase consisted of removing all remaining contaminated material from exterior locations.

The first phase was completed in the spring of 1991 with temporary onsite storage of contaminated soil and concrete rubble. The second phase was completed in the fall of 1991. A total of 10,000 cubic yards of contaminated material was generated; 900 cubic yards of PCB-contaminated soil was transported to a commercial facility for disposal, and the remaining material was transported to the DOE's Oak Ridge Reservation for disposal.