Aliquippa Forge

100 First Streeet , Aliquippa , Pennsylvania

Aliquippa Forge Site, now owned by the Beaver County Corporation for Economic Development, is located in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. The Vulcan Crucible Steel Company heated and rolled uranium metal into rods for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) from 1948 to 1949, resulting in contamination of building exterior surfaces, equipment, and soil.

The former owner decontaminated the site to then-applicable guidelines in 1950 while under contract with AEC. DOE conducted additional remediation under FUSRAP in 1988, 1993, and 1994. In 1996, DOE certified that, with the exception of areas where supplemental limits were applied, applicable cleanup criteria had been achieved, and the site was released for unrestricted use.

No institutional controls are in effect at the site, and DOE does not require on-site monitoring or surveillance. Legacy management activities consist of managing site records and responding to stakeholder inquiries.