Weldon
Spring Raffinate Pits
Weldon Spring Raffinate Pits is a DOE facility from 1955-2002 so workers are eligible to file for Part B and Part E claims.
In 1955 the U.S. Department of the Army (Army)
transferred 217 acres of what had been the Weldon Springs
Ordnance Works to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) to
construct a uranium feed materials plant. In addition to the
plant, the AEC also constructed four raffinate pits adjacent
to the plant between 1958 and 1964. The pits were used as
collection points and settling basins for chemical and
radioactive waste streams coming from the plant.
After closing the plant (including the associated
raffinate pits) in December 1966, the AEC transferred the
land back to the Army, but retained ownership and control of
the wastes in the raffinate pits. On October 1, 1985, the
land was retransferred from the Army back to the DOE, which
was given responsibility for remediation of the pits.
Surface decontamination of the pits was completed in
October 2002.
DOE
DOE lists Weldon Spring Raffinate Pits as a covered EEOICPA facility.
DOE Contractors
DOL
DOL provides Part B and Part E statistics on the Weldon Spring Raffinate Pits but no Site Exposure Matrix for Weldon Spring.
NIOSH
NIOSH lists statistics for Weldon Spring Raffinate Pits dose reconstructions.
