Providing Public Information Links
The Department of Energy in Oak Ridge Tennessee is proposing to build and operate another
radioactive waste landfill
This is a Centralized Reference to aid Public Review
Outreach Plan Document
https://doeic.science.energy.gov/uploads/F.0615.035.0046.pdf
at
https://doeic.science.energy.gov
Above photo, is an advisory sign on a greenway trail crossing Bear Creek.
Left 2018 google EMWMF photo, showing existing disposal of rad waste appearing by or in water that is eventually discharged to Bear Creek
Prerequisites
Waste Acceptance Criteria to support all of the above for both radiological and chemical wastes are not approved. This is probably the most challenging problem to resolve. It should be resolved first, however, because the aforementioned requirements cannot be attained without values for each contaminant.
The USDOE regards the fishing advisory on Bear Creek as a control to public access. It is not a control, but only an advisory to not eat fish. Indeed, Bear Creek will never be without an advisory to fish consumption if DOE goes forward as they currently plan.
Chronology of Regulatory Efforts by the State of Tennessee
The public can find the proposed plan and much of the administrative record at the DOE website, https://doeic.science.energy.gov or a chronology in more convenient form at a TDEC site:https://www.tn.gov/environment/program-areas/rem-remediation/orr/emdf.html