| Main Title |
Superfund record of decision : Denver/ROBCO, CO : (second remedial action). |
| CORP Author |
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. |
| Publisher |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Emergency and Remedial Response ; Reproduced by National Technical Information Service, |
| Year Published |
1986 |
| Report Number |
EPA/ROD/R08-86/009 |
| Stock Number |
PB87-190070 |
| OCLC Number |
28638629 |
| Subjects |
Hazardous waste sites--Colorado
|
| Additional Subjects |
Waste disposal ;
Radium ;
Public health ;
Risk ;
Industrial wastes ;
Colorado ;
Ecology ;
Environmental tests ;
Superfund ;
Denver/ROBCO(Colorado)
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| Internet Access |
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| ELBD ARCHIVE |
EPA ROD-R08-86-009 |
Received from HQ |
AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
10/04/2023 |
| NTIS |
PB87-190070 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
35 p. |
| Abstract |
The Denver Radium/ROBCO site is located on the site of the former National Radium Institute (NRI) facility, a private corporation operating between 1914 and 1920 which produced radium under an agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Mines. Research revealed the ROBCO property as one of thirty-one radioactive sites in the Denver metropolitan area. There is no serious public health risk at present from the radon gas and its decay products found onsite. However, since radium has a half-life of 1600 years, there is a long-term potential for increased public health risk if the radium-contaminated materials were misused or inadvertently spread. An EPA preferred alternative, full removal and permanent offsite disposal, is proposed but is very costly. Therefore, the EPA is actively pursuing a temporary offsite storage remedy. |
| Notes |
"09/30/86." "PB87-190070." "EPA/ROD/R08-86/009." "Office of Emergency and Remedial Response." |
