FUSRAP
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The Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) is a United States Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE) project to manage and cleanup environmental contamination that resulted from early United States Atomic Energy Commission
activities. Cleanup activities were initially performed under the supervision of the United States Department of Energy
(DOE), until 1997 when the United States Congress passed authority for cleanup activities to the USACE.
The primary source of contamination at the locations stems from the processing of uranium ores and the disposal of the byproducts. The major sources of site contamination are uranium
, thorium
, and radium
. In addition to the radiological contaminants there are semi-volatile organic compounds, volatile organic compound
s, and heavy metals comingled at the sites.
United States Army Corps of Engineers
The United States Army Corps of Engineers is a federal agency and a major Army command made up of some 38,000 civilian and military personnel, making it the world's largest public engineering, design and construction management agency...
(USACE) project to manage and cleanup environmental contamination that resulted from early United States Atomic Energy Commission
United States Atomic Energy Commission
The United States Atomic Energy Commission was an agency of the United States government established after World War II by Congress to foster and control the peace time development of atomic science and technology. President Harry S...
activities. Cleanup activities were initially performed under the supervision of the United States Department of Energy
United States Department of Energy
The United States Department of Energy is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material...
(DOE), until 1997 when the United States Congress passed authority for cleanup activities to the USACE.
The primary source of contamination at the locations stems from the processing of uranium ores and the disposal of the byproducts. The major sources of site contamination are uranium
Uranium
Uranium is a silvery-white metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table, with atomic number 92. It is assigned the chemical symbol U. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons...
, thorium
Thorium
Thorium is a natural radioactive chemical element with the symbol Th and atomic number 90. It was discovered in 1828 and named after Thor, the Norse god of thunder....
, and radium
Radium
Radium is a chemical element with atomic number 88, represented by the symbol Ra. Radium is an almost pure-white alkaline earth metal, but it readily oxidizes on exposure to air, becoming black in color. All isotopes of radium are highly radioactive, with the most stable isotope being radium-226,...
. In addition to the radiological contaminants there are semi-volatile organic compounds, volatile organic compound
Volatile organic compound
Volatile organic compounds are organic chemicals that have a high vapor pressure at ordinary, room-temperature conditions. Their high vapor pressure results from a low boiling point, which causes large numbers of molecules to evaporate or sublimate from the liquid or solid form of the compound and...
s, and heavy metals comingled at the sites.
Table of FUSRAP Sites
Data from multiple sources| Site Name | City | Vicinity Properties | Waste Volume (m3) | Army Corps of Engineer Division/District | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colonie Site | Colonie, New York | North Atlantic Division New York |
HTML link needed | ||
| Shpack landfill | Norton, MA Attleboro, MA | North Atlantic Division New England |
http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/decommissioning/complex/shpack-landfill.html EPA summary page |
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| Maywood Site | Maywood, New Jersey Maywood, New Jersey Maywood is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 9,555.Maywood was incorporated as a borough on June 29, 1894, from portions of Midland Township, based on the results of a referendum held that day, at the height of the... |
83 | 300,000 | North Atlantic Division New York |
http://www.fusrapmaywood.com/projmain.htm |
| Niagara Falls Storage Site | Lewiston, New York Lewiston, New York Lewiston is a village in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 2,781 at the 2000 census. The village is named after Morgan Lewis, an early 19th-century governor of New York. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.The Village of Lewiston,... |
26 | 157,000 | Great Lakes and Ohio River | http://www.lrb.usace.army.mil/derpfuds/loow-nfss/index.htm |
| Guterl Specialty Steel site (former Simonds Saw and Steel) | Lockport, New York | - | - | Great Lakes and Ohio River | http://www.lrb.usace.army.mil/fusrap/guterl/guterl-newsletter-2008-03.pdf |
| Shallow Land Disposal Area (BWX BWX Technologies Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Group, Inc., formerly known as BWX Technologies, Inc. , is the group that operates the Y-12 National Security Complex, and a member of the Los Alamos National Security, LLC. The group also holds the contract to manage the Pantex plant in Texas, alongside... ) |
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Apollo, Pennsylvania Apollo is a borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States, 35 miles northeast of Pittsburgh in a former coal-mining region. Apollo was settled in 1790, laid out in 1816, and incorporated as a borough in 1848. The town was originally known as 'Warren', but was later renamed to avoid... |
- | - | Great Lakes and Ohio River Pittsburgh District |
http://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/fusrap/slda.htm |
| Painesville Site | Painesville, Ohio Painesville, Ohio As of the 2010 Census, there were 19,563 people. As of the census of 2000, there were 17,503 people, 6,525 households, and 4,032 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,928.6 people per square mile . There were 6,933 housing units at an average density of 1,160.0 per square mile... |
- | 25,000 | Great Lakes and Ohio River Division |
http://www.lrb.usace.army.mil/fusrap/paine/ |
| Harshaw Chemical Site | Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border... |
Great Lakes and Ohio River Division |
http://www.lrb.usace.army.mil/fusrap/harshaw/ | ||
| Luckey Site (Brush Wellman Company) | Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border... |
- | - | Great Lakes and Ohio River |
http://www.lrb.usace.army.mil/fusrap/luckey/ |
| St. Louis Airport Site(SLAPS) | St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St... |
78 | 191,000 | Mississippi Division St. Louis District |
http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/eng-con/expertise/fusrap-slaps.html |
| St. Louis Downtown Site (Mallinckrodt) | St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St... |
6 | 188,000 | Mississippi Division St. Louis District |
http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/eng-con/expertise/fusrap-slds.html |
| Iowa Army Ammunition Plant | Middletown, Iowa Middletown, Iowa Middletown is a city in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. The population was 535 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Burlington, IA–IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Middletown is located at .... |
- | - | Mississippi Division St. Louis District |
http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/eng-con/expertise/fusrap-IAAAP.html |
| Latty Avenue Properties | Hazelwood, Missouri Hazelwood, Missouri Hazelwood is a second-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in northwestern St. Louis County, Missouri. The population was 25,703 as of the 2010 census. Hazelwood, a northern suburb of St. Louis, is located north of Lambert-St... |
6 | 161,000 | Mississippi Division St. Louis District |
http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/eng-con/expertise/fusrap-hiss.html |
| Madison Properties | Madison, IL | - | - | Mississippi Division St. Louis District |
http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/eng-con/expertise/fusrap-madison.html |