Main Title |
Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 6): United Nuclear Corporation, McKinley County, New Mexico, Groundwater Operable Unit (First Remedial Action) September 1988. |
CORP Author |
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Emergency and Remedial Response. |
Publisher |
30 Sep 88 |
Year Published |
1988 |
Report Number |
EPA/ROD/RO6-88/044; |
Stock Number |
PB89-206171 |
Additional Subjects |
Site surveys ;
Waste disposal ;
Uranium ore deposits ;
Tailings ;
Ground water ;
Cost analysis ;
Metals ;
Arsenic ;
Radioactive materials ;
Water pollution ;
Radium 226 ;
Radium 228 ;
Mine wastes ;
Superfund program ;
Remedial action ;
McKinley County(New Mexico) ;
Radioactive wastes
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
NTIS |
PB89-206171 |
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 |
139p |
Abstract |
The United Nuclear Corporation (UNC) site is located approximately 17 miles northeast of Gallup, New Mexico in McKinley County. The site operated as a State-licensed uranium mill facility from June 1977 to May 1982. It includes an ore processing mill (about 25 acres) and an unlined tailings pond area (about 100 acres). In July 1979, approximately 23 million gallons of tailings and pond water were released to a nearby river as a result of a dam breach in the tailings pond area. The site damage was repaired; however, attention was focused on ground water contamination resulting from tailings seepage. Nevertheless, the offsite migration of radionuclides and chemical constituents from uranium milling byproduct materials into the ground water, as well as to surface water and air, are still principal threats at the site. The remedial action will address onsite ground water contamination. Source control and onsite surface reclamation will be implemented under the direction of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and integrated with this ground water operable unit. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the ground water are metals including arsenic, and radioactive substances including radium-226/228 and gross alpha. The selected remedial action for the site is included. |
Supplementary Notes |
Portions of this document are not fully legible. |
Category Codes |
68C; 68D; 68F; 91A |
NTIS Prices |
PC A07/MF A01 |
Primary Description |
540/01 |
Document Type |
NT |
Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
Control Number |
924219277 |
Origin |
NTIS |
Type |
CAT |