title: Sites in the United States contaminated with radioactivity.
abstract: Over the century that radioactive materials have been mined, processed, produced, and utilized, many sites across the United States have become contaminated. Such sites include bases and installations of the Department of Defense, weapons production and research facilities of the Department of Energy, properties under the authority of other Federal agencies, privately-owned and governmental facilities that are licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and its Agreement States, and sites licensed by or the responsibility of states. This review reports on aspects of work by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and others to identify sites contaminated with radioactive materials. It also describes the principal programs that have been instituted to deal with them.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, Washington, DC 20460, USA.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Wolbarst
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Blom
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Cherry
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doehnert
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fauver
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Hull
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: MacKinney
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mauro
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zaragoza
mesh_terms: D006077:Government Agencies; D006283:Health Physics; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D011850:Radioactive Waste; D014481:United States; D014484:United States Environmental Protection Agency
chemical_list: D011850:Radioactive Waste