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Nuclear Cleanup in New Jersey



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1Wayne Interim Storage Site (FUSRAP)
Located 36 miles northwest of New York City
Mined naturally occurring radioactive elements for use in commercial products from 1948 to 1971
Contaminants from plant operations migrated off-site via surface water

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2Maywood Chemical Works Site (FUSRAP)
Located 12 miles northwest of New York City and 13 miles northeast of Newark
Mined naturally occurring radioactive elements for use in commercial products from 1916 to 1959
Contaminants from plant operations migrated off-site via surface water
3 Middlesex Sampling Plant (FUSRAP) Site - 9.6 acre site located 35 miles northeast of Trenton. The site was used to sample, store, and ship uranium and thorium ores. Although most operations ceased in 1955, materials storage and limited thorium residue sampling continued until 1967
4 Dupont & Company (FUSRAP) Site - Located on the southeastern shore of the Delaware River, this site supported nuclear weapons development between 1942 and 1947. Currently, it is an active chemical plant that manufactures primarily organic chemicals
OTHER SITES
5 Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory - 72 acre site, which was established in 1959 to conduct research and development (R&D;) for fusion energy programs


Public Participation and the FY 1999
EM Budget Development Process
The Office of Environmental Management currently is formulating its FY 1999 budget and encourages public comment. The public comment period is open through July 18, 1997.

The current outyear targets for EM are $5.5 billion for FY 1999 through FY 2002, plus specified additional amounts for privatization. The Office of Management and Budget will re-examine these targets for the program for FY 1999 and beyond based on EM’s analyses of the program at $5.5 and $6.0 billion planning levels. Additionally, the recent agreement between the President and the Congressional leadership to balance the Federal budget by 2002 will directly affect the level of the EM budget for FY 1999 through FY 2002. Future budgets for EM will be required to be consistent with this agreement.

EM is proposing a strategy to accelerate site cleanup and improve productivity, with a focus on completing work at as many sites as possible by 2006. Stated goals are selected summaries of the proposals for acceleration contained in the discussion drafts of the EM site plans accompanying the EM report, Accelerating Cleanup: Focus on 2006, which is available for public comment.

All environmental restoration will be complete in New Jersey by FY 2006. Surveillance and monitoring at some sites will continue beyond FY 2006.

Sites Managed by the Oak Ridge Operations Office

  • Wayne FUSRAP Site: Environmental restoration activities will be complete in FY 2000. Contaminated soils will be excavated and shipped to an off-site commercial disposal facility.
  • Maywood Chemical Works FUSRAP Site: Environmental restoration activities will be complete by 2002. The site will be remediated to support the appropriate land use. This will include both industrial and residential land uses.
  • Middlesex Sampling Plant: Environmental restoration activities will be complete in FY 2000. The garage and administrative buildings will be decontaminated, and the process building and boiler house have been demolished. The pile and subsurface soils will be excavated and treated. Clean soil will be used as backfill. Treatment residues, slab and asphalt will be shipped to an off-site disposal facility. A capped area will remain on site that will require long-term surveillance and maintenance.
  • Dupont and Company: Environmental restoration activities will be complete in FY 2000. The site will be returned to the site owner for industrial use. The waste will be consolidated on site in a landfill. The site owner will be responsible for long-term surveillance and maintenance of the landfill.

    For further information contact Mr. Walter Perry (423) 574-3612


Sites Managed by the Chicago Operations Office

  • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL): Environmental restoration activities at PPPL will be complete by FY 2000. EM will transfer waste operations to the Energy Research Program in 1999 and will maintain site stewardship activities. The end state likely will include long-term groundwater monitoring at the site.

    For further information contact Ms. Mary Jo Acke (630) 252-8796

Accomplishment of EM goals depends on achievement of enhanced performance objectives, future funding levels, and Departmental programmatic decisions. EM is committed to full compliance with environmental and other legal requirements. The Department of Energy will request sufficient funds to comply with environmental requirements. EM also intends to meet its commitments to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. EM could achieve compliance at the $6.0 billion planning scenario at all sites if enhanced performances are achieved, but schedule and funding modifications may be necessary at some sites. At the $5.5 billion planning level, achieving compliance would be more difficult at several sites even with enhanced performance, and many other high-priority activities would not be possible.

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