Press Release-96-007, NRC Issues Updated Sdmp List of Contaminated Sites
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United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Public Affairs Washington, DC 20555 Phone 301-415-8200 Fax 301-415-2234 Internet:opa@nrc.gov No.
96-07 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Friday, January 5, 1996)
NRC ISSUES UPDATED SDMP LIST OF CONTAMINATED SITES The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued its annual updated list of radiologically contaminated sites covered by the Site Decommissioning Management Plan (SDMP).
NRC developed the SDMP in 1990 to promote timely and safe cleanup of contaminated sites that warrant special NRC attention because they pose unique or complex decommissioning issues.
The NRC may place a radiologically contaminated sites on the SDMP list if it has:
ÿ Problems with the viability of the responsible organization (e.g., the licensee for the site is unable or unwilling to pay for decommissioning);
ÿ Large amounts of soil contamination or unused settling ponds or burial grounds that may make the waste difficult to dispose of;
ÿ The long-term presence of contaminated, unused buildings;
ÿ A previously terminated license; or
ÿ Contamination or potential contamination of the groundwater from on-site wastes.
In deciding whether to add a site to the SDMP list, the NRC also considers the projected length of time for decommissioning and the willingness of the responsible organization to complete the decommissioning in a timely manner.
The current SDMP list contains 47 sites in 11 states.
Since the list was established in 1990, nine sites have been removed after successful completion of cleanup to meet NRC requirements, after transfer of oversight to other agencies, or after an NRC determination that the site was not subject to NRC licensing (because, for example, the radiological contamination was caused by naturally occurring radioactive material).
The current list of SDMP sites is attached.
A brief description of each site is contained in the report, "Site Decommissioning Management Plan," NUREG-1444, Supplement 1, November 1995.
It is available for purchase from the Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 37082, Washington, DC 20402-9328.
Site Decommissioning Management Plan Site List Advanced Medical Systems, Inc.; Cleveland, OH Aluminum Company of America; Cleveland, OH Anne Arundel County/Curtis Bay; Anne Arundel County, MD Army, Department of, Aberdeen Proving Ground; Aberdeen, MD Army, Department of, Jefferson Proving Ground; Jefferson, IN Babcock & Wilcox; Apollo, PA Babcock & Wilcox; Parks Township, PA BP Chemicals America, Inc.; Lima, OH Brooks & Perkins; Detroit, MI Brooks & Perkins; Livonia, MI Cabot Corporation; Boyerton, PA Cabot Corporation; Reading, PA Cabot Corporation; Revere, PA Chemetron Corporation, Bert Avenue; Cleveland, OH Chemetron Corporation, Harvard Avenue; Cleveland, OH Clevite; Cleveland, OH Dow Chemical Company; Bay City and Midland, MI Elkem Metals, Inc.; Marietta, OH Engelhard Corporation; Plainville, MA Fansteel, Inc.; Muskogee, OK Hartley and Hartley (Kawkawlin) Landfill; Bay County, MI Heritage Minerals; Lakehurst, NJ Horizons, Inc.; Cleveland, OH Kaiser Aluminum; Tulsa, OK Kerr-McGee; Cimarron, OK Kerr-McGee; Cushing, OK Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (formerly Remington Arms Company);
Independence, MO Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. (3M); Pine County, MN Molycorp, Inc.; Washington, PA Molycorp, Inc.; York, PA Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District/Southerly Plant; Cleveland, OH Nuclear Metals, Inc.; Concord, MA Permagrain Products; Media, PA Pesses Company, METCOA Site; Pulaski, PA RMI Titanium Company; Ashtabula, OH RTI, Inc. (formerly Process Technology of North Jersey, Inc.);
Rockaway, NJ Safety Light Corporation; Bloomsburg, PA Schott Glass Technologies; Duryea, PA Sequoyah Fuels Corporation; Gore, OK Shieldalloy Metallurgical Corporation; Cambridge, OH Shieldalloy Metallurgical Corporation; Newfield, NJ Texas Instruments, Inc.; Attleboro, MA Watertown Arsenal/Mall; Watertown, MA Watertown GSA; Watertown, MA Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Waltz Mill, PA Whittaker Corporation; Greenville, PA Wyman-Gordon Company; North Grafton, MA