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Fluor Fernald, the contractor responsible for the environmental cleanup
and restoration of the of the former uranium production site outside of
Cincinnati, Ohio,
received formal acceptance from the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) on January 22, 2007, that its clean-up of the 1,050-acre site is
now complete.
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Fluor Fernald, the contractor responsible for the environmental
cleanup and restoration of the 1,050-acre former uranium production
plant that played a critical role in our nation's nuclear weapons program,
presented site owner the Department of Energy (DOE) with its
declaration of physical completion
on October 29, 2006.
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The
3,776th and final canister of treated
Silos 1 and 2 byproduct was shipped off
site May 26, 2006. Since
May 2005, Fernald has been treating the
Silos material and sealing it in 1/2 inch
thick steel canisters. Over 5
million miles were logged during the
shipping campaign.
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The last of 5,100
cubic yards of waste from
Silo 3 was shipped off site April 11,
2006. The 12-month shipping campaign
logged over 1 million miles.
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Fluor Fernald and Shaw Environmental Inc.
completed the
largest radioactive waste
shipping campaign in DOE history as the
154th train of pit waste left
Fernald. The shipping campaign began
April 26, 1999 when the first 60-car unit
train left the cleanup site for the
1,900-mile trip to Envirocare of Utah.
Since then, Fernald workers have excavated
nearly 1 million tons of waste generated
during the uranium production era from six
waste pits.
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On June 6,
2005
the first shipment of Fernald's treated K-65
waste left the site for an interim storage facility
in West Texas. Approximately 2,000 more
truck shipments from now until the end
of the year will be required to transfer
all the waste to the storage facility.
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Two of Fernald’s most recognizable
landmarks fell to the ground April 16–17,
2004
as Fluor Fernald demolition workers
knocked down the K-65 Silos. For nearly
50 years the two concrete structures were
home to 8,900 cubic yards of radioactive
waste, the byproduct of uranium metal
extraction. The waste is now in holding
tanks awaiting treatment and off-site
disposal.
Time-lapse video.
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The
Comprehensive
Legacy Management and Institutional
Controls Plan (LMICP) has been revised
and submitted to U.S. EPA and Ohio EPA for
review. The LMICP details the surveillance
and maintenance requirements for the site,
scope of the ongoing aquifer restoration
program, and the approach to management
and oversight of the Fernald Site post
closure. Questions regarding the LMICP
should be directed to
Sue Walpole, 513-648-4026, email:
Sue.Walpole@lm.doe.gov.
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Due to the
heavy rains and snow melt, and per the
U.S. EPA and Ohio EPA approved procedure,
pumping of untreated storm water from
Fernald's Storm Water Retention Basin to
the Great Miami River began on January 5 and
ended January 7.
The impact of this pumping to the water
quality in the river is negligible due to
the river's current extremely high flow
rate. It is anticipated that the
untreated water being pumped to the river
will add less than one tenth of 1 part per
billion (ppb) of uranium to the river's
background uranium concentration of 2.13
ppb. The EPA's drinking water
standard for uranium is 30 ppb. Please see
the
Water Treatment Bypass Process for
additional information.
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Fernald Closure
Project
Final Draft Risk-Based End State Vision
was submitted to DOE-HQ on December 1,
2004 and is now available to Stakeholders.
Please contact Johnny Reising at
513.648.3139 with questions.
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Draft Final Explanation of Significant
Differences for Operable Unit 4 Remedial
Actions
is
now available. The public comment period
is from November 18, 2004 to December 18,
2004 and a public hearing on this document
will be on
December 7, 2004.
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Operable Unit 5 Wastewater Treatment
Remedial Design Fact Sheet is now
available.
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On April 29,
demolition crews pulled down the last
portion of the
Pilot
Plant. The Pilot Plant was the first
facility operated and at Fernald and the
last of
10
complexes to be torn down by the
Demolition
Project.
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On Tuesday, April
6 about 60 Fernald stakeholders including
members of the Fernald Citizens Advisory
Board attended a two-hour
tour of the
Silos 1
and 2 Project and the
Silo 3
Project.
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Fluor Fernald
employees have developed an excellent
Safety Culture. It’s their commitment
to safety that’s reflected in a safety
record that’s among the best in the
Department of Energy and far ahead of the
construction industry.
- On Wednesday, April 7,
train #114 left the
Waste Pits Project on it’s way to Envirocare of
Utah. April 26 will mark the 5th anniversary of
waste shipments from the project. In all, 728,442
tons of waste has been shipped in 6,771 gondola
cars. If placed end to end in one continuous train
it would stretch 68 miles! A total of 130 trains
will be needed to complete waste removal operations
from the pits later this year.
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Decontamination and Demolition Project
demolition crews are now dismantling the last former
production building - the Pilot Plant. The Pilot
Plant was the first facility built at Fernald in
1952. When the last upright structure topples to the
ground later this month it will mark the end of over
a decade of uranium production plant demolition. In
all 159 of 255 structures have been dismantled
across the 1050-acre site.
- DOE and Fluor Fernald presented the
concept behind a smaller replacement water
treatment facility to replace the Advanced
Wastewater Treatment (AWWT) facility.
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Fernald has
completed seven
ecological
restoration projects on
site to restore natural resources that
were damaged by site operations and
cleanup activities. DOE plans to complete
15 ecological restoration projects through
2006.
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