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About the Luckey Site
Between 1949 and 1958, the Luckey Site was operated as a beryllium production facility by the Brush Beryllium Company (later Brush Wellman) under contract to the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).
In 1951, the site received approximately 1,000 tons of radioactively contaminated scrap steel, to be used in proposed magnesium production at the site.
Project Status
With funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the Corps completed a field investigation in March 2010 that included soil sampling and radiological, geophysical, and topographic surveys on the Luckey Site.
Additional groundwater monitoring wells were also installed.
The results of this work will provide the Corps with the information necessary to update the estimated cost associated with the cleanup outlined in the 2006 Record of Decision (ROD) for site soils and complete the remedial design.
The remedial design, which is now being prepared, will provide the detailed methods required to implement the remedial action that was specified in the ROD.
Groundwater monitoring is being performed annually on the site.
The Corps of Engineers signed the ROD for the Groundwater Operable Unit of the Luckey Site in 2008.
The remedy in this Groundwater ROD is monitored natural attenuation of groundwater.
This means that groundwater wells are sampled annually for beryllium, lead, uranium and gross alpha/beta until sampling results show a progressive trend that indicates safe drinking water standards have been met.
During remedial action, more frequent monitoring will be conducted to meet the requirements of the Groundwater ROD.
Land-use controls concerning site groundwater will be implemented during the monitoring period to ensure there is no new groundwater development or changes in groundwater use.
Remediation of the Luckey Site is currently projected to begin in 2014, pending the completion of currently ongoing cleanups at other FUSRAP sites and the availability of program funding.
Once soil remediation begins, the Corps will excavate impacted soils to achieve cleanup goals for unrestricted use of the site for subsistence farming.
Excavated soils will be shipped off site for disposal at a licensed/permitted disposal facility.
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