Corrective Action Decision Document for Corrective Action Unit 407: Roller Coaster RADSAFE Area, Tonopah Test Range, Nevada (open access)

Corrective Action Decision Document for Corrective Action Unit 407: Roller Coaster RADSAFE Area, Tonopah Test Range, Nevada

This Corrective Action Decision Document identifies and rationalizes the U.S. Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office's selection of a recommended corrective action alternative (CAA) appropriate to facilitate the closure of Corrective Action Unit (CAU) 407, Roller Coaster RADSAFE Area (RCRSA), under the Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order. Located on Tonopah Test Range (TTR), CAU 407 is located approximately 140 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, and five miles south of Area 3. The RCRSA was used during May and June of 1963 to decontaminate vehicles, equipment, and personnel from the Clean Slate tests. As a result of these operations, the surface and subsurface soils in the area have been impacted by plutonium and other contaminants of potential concern associated with decontamination activities. In June and July 1998, corrective action investigation activities were performed at CAU 407 (as outlined in the related Corrective Action Investigation Plan [CAIP]). The purpose of this investigation was to determine if any analytes were present at the site in concentrations above the preliminary action levels (PALs). The results indicated in the detection of plutonium above the PAL in samples taken from surface and subsurface soil within the exclusion zone, and uranium and americium detected above …
Date: September 24, 1999
Creator: United States. Department of Energy. Nevada Operations Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Closure Report for Corrective Action Unit 404: Roller Coaster Sewage Lagoons and North Disposal Trench, Tonopah Test Range, Nevada (open access)

Closure Report for Corrective Action Unit 404: Roller Coaster Sewage Lagoons and North Disposal Trench, Tonopah Test Range, Nevada

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Date: September 1, 1998
Creator: Madsen, Dave
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Closure Report for Corrective Action Unit 404: Roller Coaster Sewage Lagoons and North Disposal Trench, Tonopah Test Range, Nevada with ROTC 1, Revision 0 (open access)

Closure Report for Corrective Action Unit 404: Roller Coaster Sewage Lagoons and North Disposal Trench, Tonopah Test Range, Nevada with ROTC 1, Revision 0

This Closure Report provides the documentation for closure of the Roller Coaster Sewage Lagoons and North Disposal Trench Comective Action Unit (CAU) 404. CAU 404 consists of the Roller Coaster Sewage Lagoons (Corrective Action Site [CAS] TA-03-O01-TA-RC) and the North Disposal Trench (CAS TA-21-001-TA-RC). The site is located on the Tonopah Test Range, approximately 225 kilometers (km) (140 miles [mi]) northwest ofLas Vegas, Nevada. . The sewage lagoons received ~quid sanitary waste horn the Operation Roller Coaster Man Camp in 1963 and debris from subsequent range and construction cleanup activities. The debris and ordnance was subsequently removed and properly dispos~, however, pesticides were detected in soil samples born the bottom of the lagoons above the U,S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IX Prelimimuy Remediation Goals (EPA 1996). . The North Disposal Trench was excavated in 1963. Debris from the man camp and subsequent range and construction cleanup activities was placed in the trench. Investigation results indicated that no constituents of concern were detected in soil samples collected from the trench. Remedial alternative proposed in the Comctive Action Decision Document (CADD) fm the site was “Covering” (DOE, 1997a). The Nevada Division of”Enviromnental Protection (NDEP)-approved Correction Action Plan (CAP) proposed the “Covering” niethodology …
Date: September 1, 1998
Creator: Kidman, Lynn
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corrective Action Plan for CAU 426: Cactus Spring Waste Trenches, Tonopah Test Range (open access)

Corrective Action Plan for CAU 426: Cactus Spring Waste Trenches, Tonopah Test Range

This Corrective Action Plan (CAP) provides the selected corrective action alternative and proposes the closure implementation methodology for the Cactus Spring Waste Trenches Corrective Action Unit (CAU) No. 426. The site is located on the Tonopah Test Range (TTR), approximately 225 kilometers (km) (140 miles) northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. The US Department of Energy/Nevada Operations Office (DOE/NV) verbally requested approval for the schedule to be accelerated from the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) in July 1997. Currently, field closure activities are anticipated to be completed by September 30, 1997. CAU 426 consists of one Corrective Action Site (CAS) comprised of four waste trenches. The trenches were excavated to receive solid waste generated in support of Operation Roller Coaster, primarily the Double Tracks Test in 1963.
Date: September 1, 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The technical basis for air pathway assessment of resuspended radioactive aerosols: LLNL experiences at seven sites around the world (open access)

The technical basis for air pathway assessment of resuspended radioactive aerosols: LLNL experiences at seven sites around the world

There is a large uncertainty in quantifying the inhalation pathway and the aerosol emission rate in human health assessments of radioactive-contamination sites. The need for site-specific assessments led to formation of our team of specialists at LLNL, who have participated in numerous field campaigns around the world. Our goal was to obtain all the information necessary for determining potential human exposures and to estimate source terms for turbulent transport of the emissions during both normal and disturbed soil conditions. That is, measurements were made of the key variables to quantify the suspended aerosols at the actual contamination sites, but different scenarios for habitation, site management, and site cleanup were included. The most notable locations of these site-investigations were the Marshall Islands (Bikini, Enewetak, and Rongelap), Nevada Test Site (GMX, Little Feller, Palanquin, and Plutonium Valley), Tonopah (Nevada--site of Roller Coaster), Savannah River Lab (South Carolina--H-Area site), Johnston Island (cleanup of rocket-impact site), Chernobyl (Ukraine--grass field end sandy beach sites near Nuclear Power Plant Unit 4), and Palomares (Spain--site of aircraft accident). This discussion will review the variables quantified, methods developed, general results, uncertainty of estimations, and recommendations for future research that are a result of our experience in these field …
Date: September 1, 1993
Creator: Shinn, J. H.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
1994 site environmental report, Tonopah Test Range, Tonopah, Nevada (open access)

1994 site environmental report, Tonopah Test Range, Tonopah, Nevada

This report summarizes the environmental surveillance activities conducted by Sandia National Laboratories, the US Environmental Protection Agency, and Kirk-Mayer, Inc., for the Tonopah Test Range operated by Sandia National Laboratories. Sandia National Laboratories` responsibility for environmental surveillance results extends to those activities performed by Sandia National Laboratories or under its direction. Results from other environmental surveillance activities are included to provide a measure of completeness in reporting. Other environmental compliance programs such as the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, environmental permits, and environmental restoration and waste management programs are also included in this report, prepared for the US Department of Energy (DOE) in compliance with DOE Order 5400. 1.
Date: September 1, 1995
Creator: Culp, T. & Forston, W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1998 Annual Site Environmental Report Tonopah Test Range, Nevada (open access)

1998 Annual Site Environmental Report Tonopah Test Range, Nevada

Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) operates the Tonopah Test Range (TTR) for the Department of Energy (DOE) Weapons Ordnance Program. This annual report (calendar year 1998) summarizes the compliance status to environmental regulations applicable at the site including those statutes that govern air and water quality, waste management cleanup of contaminated areas, control of toxic substances, and adherence to requirements as related to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). In compliance with DOE orders, SNL also conducts environmental surveillance for radiological and nonradiological contaminants. SNL's responsibility for environmental surveillance at TTR extends only to those areas where SNL activities are carried out. Annual radiological and nonradiological routine releases and unplanned releases (occurrences) are also summarized. This report has been prepared in accordance with DOE Order 5400.1, General Environmental Protection Program (DOE 1990a).
Date: September 1, 1999
Creator: Duncan, D. K.; Fink, C. H. & Sanchez, R. V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1995 Site Environmental Report Tonopah Test Range, Tonopah, Nevada (open access)

1995 Site Environmental Report Tonopah Test Range, Tonopah, Nevada

This report summarizes the environmental surveillance activities conducted by Sandia National Laboratories. Sandia National Laboratories` responsibility for environmental surveillance results extends to those activities performed by Sandia National Laboratories or under its direction. Results from other organizations environmental surveillance activities are included to provide a measure of completeness. Other environmental compliance programs such as the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, environmental permits, and environmental restoration and waste management programs are also included in this report, prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in compliance with DOE Order 5400.1.
Date: September 1, 1996
Creator: Culp, T. & Forston, W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 94, No. 164, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 21, 1994 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 94, No. 164, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 21, 1994

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 21, 1994
Creator: Lomenick, Rick
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Texas Travel Log, September 1996 (open access)

Texas Travel Log, September 1996

Newsletter dedicated to traveling in Texas, including information about news, locations, and events of interest to visitors as well as statistics and summaries of travel in the state.
Date: September 1996
Creator: Texas. Travel and Information Division.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 104, No. 168, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 25, 1994 (open access)

Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 104, No. 168, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 25, 1994

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 25, 1994
Creator: Cranke, Jay
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, September 20, 1996 (open access)

The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, September 20, 1996

A weekly student newspaper from the Rice University in Houston, Texas that includes campus news and commentaries along with advertising.
Date: September 20, 1996
Creator: Beard, Marty & Rao, Vivek
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corrective Action Plan for Corrective Action Unit 453: Area 9 UXO Landfill, Tonopah Test Range, Nevada (open access)

Corrective Action Plan for Corrective Action Unit 453: Area 9 UXO Landfill, Tonopah Test Range, Nevada

This corrective action plan proposes the closure method for the area 9 unexploded Ordnance landfill, corrective action unit 453 located at the Tonopah Test Range. The area 9 UXO landfill consists of corrective action site no. 09-55-001-0952 and is comprised of three individual landfill cells designated as A9-1, A9-2, and A9-3. The three landfill cells received wastes from daily operations at area 9 and from range cleanups which were performed after weapons testing. Cell locations and contents were not well documented due to the unregulated disposal practices commonly associated with early landfill operations. However, site process knowledge indicates that the landfill cells were used for solid waste disposal, including disposal of UXO.
Date: September 30, 1998
Creator: Bechtel Nevada
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corrective Action Investigation Plan for Corrective Action Unit 261: Test Cell A Leachfield System, Nevada Test Site, Nevada UPDATED WITH TECHNICAL CHANGE No.1 (open access)

Corrective Action Investigation Plan for Corrective Action Unit 261: Test Cell A Leachfield System, Nevada Test Site, Nevada UPDATED WITH TECHNICAL CHANGE No.1

This Corrective Action Investigation Plan (CAIP) has been developed in accordance with the Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order (FFACO) that was agreed to by the US Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office (DOE/NV); the State of Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP); and the US Department of Defense (FFACO, 1996). The CAIP is a document that provides or references all of the specific information for investigation activities associated with Corrective Action Units (CAUs) or Corrective Action Sites (CASs). According to the FFACO (FFACO, 1996), CASs are sites potentially requiring corrective action(s) and may include solid waste management units or individual disposal or release sites. Corrective Action Units consist of one or more CASs grouped together based on geography, technical similarity, or agency responsibility for the purpose of determining corrective actions. This CAIP contains the environmental sample collection objectives and the criteria for conducting site investigation activities at CAU 261, the Area 25 Test Cell A Leachfield System, which is located in Area 25 at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). The NTS is approximately 88 kilometers (km) (55 miles [mi]) northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. As presented, CAU 261 is comprised of CASs 25-05-01 and 25-05-07, respectively known as the …
Date: September 18, 1998
Creator: United States. Department of Energy. Nevada Operations Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 13, 1990 (open access)

The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 13, 1990

Weekly newspaper from Temple, Texas, published for the military and civilian personnel of Fort Hood, that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 13, 1990
Creator: Thomas, George
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Fair Preview] captions transcript

[News Clip: Fair Preview]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 29, 1994, 5:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: TX Tourism] captions transcript

[News Clip: TX Tourism]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6pm.
Date: September 12, 1990, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corrective Action Decision Document/Closure Report for Corrective Action Unit 485: Cactus Spring Ranch Pu and DU Site, Tonopah Test Range, Nevada (open access)

Corrective Action Decision Document/Closure Report for Corrective Action Unit 485: Cactus Spring Ranch Pu and DU Site, Tonopah Test Range, Nevada

This Corrective Action Decision Document/Closure Report (CADD/CR) has been prepared for Corrective Action Unit (CAU) 485: Cactus Spring Ranch Plutonium (Pu) and Depleted Uranium (DU) Site, in accordance with the Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order. Located at the Cactus Spring Ranch on the Tonopah Test Range, Nevada, CAU 485 consists of Corrective Action Site (CAS) TA-39-001-TAGR. This CADD/CR identifies and rationalizes the U.S. Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office's recommendation that no corrective action is deemed necessary for CAU 485. The Corrective Action Decision Document and Closure Report have been combined into one report because sample data collected during the preliminary assessment investigation (PAI) performed in January and February 1998 showed no evidence of contamination at the site. In the past, this CAU included holding pens which housed sheep and burros used to test inhalation uptake from atmospheric releases of Pu and DU, and the animals were sacrificed after the tests. Specifically, the investigation focused on data to determine: if surface activities of alpha, beta, and gamma-emitting radionuclides were present; if potential contaminants of concern (COCs) such as Pu and DU were present; and if plutonium was present in the soil and dung at levels significantly above background levels. …
Date: September 18, 1998
Creator: United States. Department of Energy. Nevada Operations Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Penny Record (Bridge City, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 23, 1998 (open access)

The Penny Record (Bridge City, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 23, 1998

Weekly newspaper from Bridge City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 23, 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Travel Log, September 1997 (open access)

Texas Travel Log, September 1997

Newsletter dedicated to traveling in Texas, including information about news, locations, and events of interest to visitors as well as statistics and summaries of travel in the state.
Date: September 1997
Creator: Texas. Travel and Information Division.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Travel Log, September 1998 (open access)

Texas Travel Log, September 1998

Newsletter dedicated to traveling in Texas, including information about news, locations, and events of interest to visitors as well as statistics and summaries of travel in the state.
Date: September 1998
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, September 23, 1994 (open access)

The Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, September 23, 1994

Weekly student newspaper from San Antonio College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: September 23, 1994
Creator: San Antonio College
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 1996 (open access)

Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 1996

Weekly newspaper from Stamford, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 19, 1996
Creator: Mathis, Chandra
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clean Slate 1 revegetation and monitoring plan (open access)

Clean Slate 1 revegetation and monitoring plan

This document is a reclamation plan for short-term and long-term stabilization of land disturbed by activities associated with interim cleanup of radionuclide-contaminated surface soil at the Clean Slate 1 site (located on the Tonopah Test Range). This document has been prepared to provide general reclamation practices and procedures that will be followed during restoration of the cleanup site. Reclamation demonstration plots were established near the Double Tracks cleanup site in the fall of 1994 to evaluate the performance of several native plant species and to evaluate different irrigation strategies. Results of that study, and the results from numerous other studies conducted at other sites (Area 11 and Area 19 of the Nevada Test Site), have been summarized and incorporated into this final reclamation plan for the cleanup of the Clean Slate 1 site. The plan also contains procedures for monitoring both short-term and long-term reclamation.
Date: September 1, 1996
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library