Table B-9

Location: Technical Area (TA) -54

Period of use: October 1961 to 1987 ⁽¹⁾ or to the present ⁽²⁾

Size: 2.65 acres

Number and type of disposal units:

Pits (4): unknown size
Shafts (2 ⁽¹⁾ or 4 ⁽²⁾): 6 feet in diameter by 60 meters deep
Disposal cells (6  ⁽²⁾):  unknown size

Specific wastes and quantities:

Contains scrap metal, construction debris, and classified materials in unknown quantities.

Potential environmental impacts:

Pajarito Canyon and Canada del Buey
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 low to moderate potential of release to the groundwater.

Other pertinent information:

Three disposal cells and two shafts are still used for controlled industrial solid waste.
Asbestos waste is stored here until shipped off site for disposal.  ⁽²⁾

Map:

Sources:

1.  According to Hazardous and Radioactive Materials Bureau, New Mexico Environment Department, Hydrogeologic Evaluation of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), p. C-5, July 1996.  (Back to Text)

2.  According to U.S. Department of Energy, Albuquerque Operations Office, Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) for Continued Operation of the LANL, p. 2-108, January 1999.  (Back to Text)