Table B-24
 

Location:   Technical Area (TA)- 49

Period of use:  Unknown to 1989

Size:  Unknown

Number and type of disposal units:

Shafts (48):  vary between 31 to 108 feet in depth

Specific wastes and quantities:

Contains unknown quantities beryllium, uranium, plutonium, and lead.   Contains 80% (by radioactivity) of LANL's transuranic waste

Potential environmental impacts:

Ancho canyon and Water canyon New Mexico Environment Department's (NMED) Hazardous and Radioactive Material Bureau (HRMB) ranks this MDA as an area with a low probability of contaminant mobilization and a moderate to high potential of release to the groundwater.

Map:

In progress.

Source:

1.  NMED, HRMB, Davis, et al, Hydrogeologic Evaluation of LANL, July 1996.  (Back to Text)