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Material Disposal Area (MDA) N (1)

Table B-13
 

Location:   Technical Area (TA)-15

Period of use:  Unknown to 1965

Size:  0.10 acres

Number and type of disposal units:

Trench (1): unknown size
Specific wastes and quantities:
Contains unknown quantities of silver, thorium, uranium, VOCs, mercury, lead, and beryllium.
Potential environmental impacts:
Canyon de Valle and Three-mile canyon New Mexico Environment Department's (NMED) Hazardous and Radioactive Material Bureau (HRMB) ranks this MDA as an area with a moderate probability of contaminant mobilization and a low to moderate potential of release to the groundwater.
Map:
None available.
Source:
1.  NMED, HRMB, Davis, et al, Hydrogeologic Evaluation of LANL, July 1996.  (Back to Text)
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