Results of the radiological survey at 19 Redstone Lane, Lodi, New Jersey (LJ056) [electronic resource].
- Published
- Washington, D.C. : United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, 1989.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description
- Pages: (17 pages) : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Summary
- Maywood Chemical Works (MCW) of Maywood, New Jersey, generated process wastes and residues associated with the production and refining of thorium and thorium compounds from monazite ores from 1916 to 1956. MCW supplied rare earth metals and thorium compounds to the Atomic Energy Commission and various other government agencies from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s. Area residents used the sandlike waste from this thorium extraction process mixed with tea and cocoa leaves as mulch in their yards. Some of these contaminated wastes were also eroded from the site into Lodi Brook. At the request of the US Department of Energy (DOE), a group from Oak Ridge National Laboratory conducts investigative radiological surveys of properties in the vicinity of MCW to determine whether a property is contaminated with radioactive residues, principally ²³²Th, derived from the MCW site. The survey typically includes direct measurement of gamma radiation levels and soil sampling for radionuclide analyses. The survey of this site, 19 Redstone Lane, Lodi, New Jersey (LJ056), was conducted during 1985 and 1986. Results of the survey demonstrated no radionuclide concentrations in excess of the DOE Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program criteria. The radionuclide distributions were not significantly different from normal background levels in the northern New Jersey area. 4 refs., 4 figs., 3 tabs.
- Report Numbers
- E 1.99:ornl/rasa-87/31
ornl/rasa-87/31 - Subject(s)
- Other Subject(s)
- Abandoned Sites
- Site Surveys
- Nuclear Facilities
- Radiation Monitoring
- Background Radiation
- Gamma Radiation
- Health Hazards
- New Jersey
- Radioecological Concentration
- Radium 226
- Remedial Action
- Residential Buildings
- Soils
- Thorium 232
- Uranium 238
- Actinide Isotopes
- Actinide Nuclei
- Alkaline Earth Isotopes
- Alpha Decay Radioisotopes
- Buildings
- Carbon 14 Decay Radioisotopes
- Ecological Concentration
- Electromagnetic Radiation
- Even-Even Nuclei
- Federal Region Ii.
- Hazards
- Heavy Ion Decay Radioisotopes
- Heavy Nuclei
- Ionizing Radiations
- Isotopes
- Monitoring
- North America
- Nuclei
- Radiations
- Radioisotopes
- Radium Isotopes
- Thorium Isotopes
- Uranium Isotopes
- Usa
- Years Living Radioisotopes
- Note
- Published through SciTech Connect.
10/01/1989.
"ornl/rasa-87/31"
"DE90003986"
Cottrell, W.D.; Francis, M.W.; Floyd, L.M.; Mynatt, J.O. - Funding Information
- AC05-84OR21400
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