Oak Ridge Reservation (Usdoe)

Superfund site in Oak Ridge, TN · EPA ID TN1890090003

Oak Ridge Reservation (Usdoe) is a Superfund site in Oak Ridge, TN on the EPA National Priorities List (Currently on the Final NPL). Contaminants of concern include MERCURY, CESIUM-137, URANIUM-238, AMERICIUM-241. At Oak Ridge Reservation (Usdoe), the EPA has determined that human exposure is under control.

EPA status

National Priorities List
Currently on the Final NPL
Human exposure under control
Yes
Groundwater migration under control
No
Construction complete
No
Sitewide ready for reuse
No
Federal facility
Yes
EPA region
04
County
Not reported

Contaminants of concern

Grouped by the environmental medium in which the EPA recorded them.

Buildings/Structures

  • Mercury

Debris

  • Cesium-137
  • Uranium-238

Fish Tissue

  • Americium-241
  • Carbon-14
  • Cesium-137
  • Cobalt-60
  • Europium-154
  • Iodine-129
  • Neptunium
  • Plutonium-238
  • Plutonium-239/240
  • Radium-226
  • Radium-228
  • Strontium-90
  • Technetium-99
  • Thorium-228
  • Thorium-230
  • Thorium-232
  • Uranium-238

Groundwater

  • 1,1,1-Trichloroethane
  • 1,1,2-Trichloroethane
  • 1,1-Dichloroethene
  • 1,2-Dichloroethane
  • 1,2-Dichloroethene (Cis And Trans Mixture)
  • Americium-241
  • Arsenic
  • Benzene
  • Beryllium
  • Cadmium
  • Carbon Tetrachloride
  • Cesium-137
  • Chloroethene (Vinyl Chloride)
  • Chloroform
  • Chromium
  • Chromium(Vi)
  • Cis-1,2-Dichloroethene
  • Curium
  • Fluoride
  • Manganese
  • Mercury
  • Molybdenum
  • Nickel
  • Nitrate
  • Plutonium-242
  • Potassium-40
  • Promethium-147
  • Pyridine
  • Radium-226
  • Radium-228
  • Strontium
  • Strontium-90
  • Technetium-99
  • Tetrachloroethene
  • Thorium-228
  • Thorium-232
  • Trichloroethene
  • Uranium
  • Uranium-234
  • Uranium-235
  • Uranium-238

Liquid Waste

  • Cadmium
  • Chromium (Hexavalent Compounds)
  • Cyanide
  • Mercury
  • Technetium-99
  • Uranium

Sediment

  • Americium-241
  • Aroclor 1254
  • Aroclor 1260
  • Benzo[A]Pyrene
  • Cesium-137
  • Cobalt-60
  • Europium
  • Europium-152
  • Mercury
  • Plutonium-238
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls (Pcbs)

Sludge

  • Cadmium
  • Chromium (Hexavalent Compounds)
  • Cyanide
  • Mercury
  • Nickel
  • Technetium-99
  • Uranium

Soil

  • 1,1,1-Trichloroethane
  • 1,2-Dichloroethene (Cis And Trans Mixture)
  • 4-(4-Amino-3-Chlorophenyl)-2-Chloroaniline
  • Americium-241
  • Aroclor 1248
  • Aroclor 1254
  • Aroclor 1260
  • Arsenic
  • Barium
  • Benzo(B)Fluoranthene
  • Benzo(K)Fluoranthene
  • Benzo[A]Anthracene
  • Benzo[A]Pyrene
  • Beryllium
  • Bismuth Teilluride
  • Cadmium
  • Cesium
  • Cesium-137
  • Chloroform
  • Chromium
  • Cobalt-60
  • Copper
  • Curium
  • Dibenzo(A,H)Anthracene
  • Europium
  • Europium-152
  • Europium-155
  • Indeno(1,2,3-Cd)Pyrene
  • Lead
  • Manganese
  • Mercury
  • Molybdenum
  • Neptunium
  • Nickel
  • Plutonium-238
  • Plutonium-239
  • Plutonium-240
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls (Pcbs)
  • Potassium-40
  • Promethium-147
  • Radium-226
  • Radium-228
  • Ruthenium-106
  • Selenium
  • Technetium-99
  • Tetrachloroethene
  • Thallium
  • Thorium-228
  • Thorium-230
  • Thorium-232
  • Trichloroethene
  • Uranium
  • Uranium-234
  • Uranium-235
  • Uranium-238
  • Vanadium
  • Zinc

Solid Waste

  • Asbestos
  • Nitrate
  • Strontium-90
  • Uranium-233

Surface Water

  • 1,1,1-Trichloroethane
  • 1,1,2-Trichloroethane
  • 1,1-Dichloroethane
  • Aldrin
  • Americium-241
  • Aroclor 1254
  • Aroclor 1260
  • Arsenic
  • Benzene
  • Bis(2-Ethylhexyl)Phthalate
  • Cadmium
  • Carbon-14
  • Cesium-137
  • Chlordane
  • Chloroethene (Vinyl Chloride)
  • Chromium
  • Cobalt-60
  • Copper
  • Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride)
  • Ethylbenzene
  • Europium-154
  • Hexachloroethane
  • Iodine-129
  • Lead
  • Manganese
  • Mercury
  • Neptunium
  • Plutonium-238
  • Plutonium-239/240
  • Radium-224
  • Radium-226
  • Radium-228
  • Selenium
  • Strontium-90
  • Technetium-99
  • Tetrachloroethene
  • Thorium-228
  • Thorium-230
  • Thorium-232
  • Toluene
  • Trichloroethene
  • Tritium
  • Uranium-238
  • Xylene (Mixed Isomers)
  • Zinc

Location

BETHEL VALLEY ROAD, Oak Ridge, TN 37830

Latitude 35.924719, longitude -84.390139

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