Open AccessSummary of proposed approach for deriving cleanup guidelines for radionuclides in soil at Brookhaven National Laboratory
Author(s) -
A.F. Meinhold,
S.C. Morris,
B. Dionne,
P.D. Moskowitz
Publication year - 1996
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/434455
Subject(s) - national laboratory , superfund , environmental science , environmental restoration , agency (philosophy) , waste management , environmental protection , radionuclide , engineering , hazardous waste , physics , engineering physics , philosophy , epistemology , quantum mechanics
Past activities at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) resulted in soil and groundwater contamination. As a result, BNL was designated a Superfund site under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). BNL`s Office of Environmental Restoration (OER) is overseeing environmental restoration activities at the Laboratory, carried out under an Interagency Agreement (IAG) with the United States Department of Energy (DOE), the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). The objective of this paper is to propose a standard approach to deriving risk-based cleanup guidelines for radionuclides in soil at BNL