Weldon Spring Raffinate Pits
State: Missouri
Location: Weldon Spring
Time Period: DOE 1955–1966; 1967–2002 (remediation)
Facility Type: Department of Energy
Facility Description
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.
Contractors: Mallinckrodt Chemical Company (1957–1966); National Lead of Ohio (1966–1981); Bechtel National, Inc. (1981–1985); M-K Ferguson Company and Jacobs Engineering Group (1986–2002.)
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Listing
Weldon Spring Raffinate Pits is listed as a Department of Energy (DOE) site under the EEOICPA.
Compensation
As of 06/14/15 the total compensation paid under Parts B and E of the EEOICPA, including medical compensation, for workers suffering from the effects of having worked at the Weldon Spring Raffinate Pits is $0.
Weldon Spring Raffinate Pits Workers
If you or your parent worked at this or any other DOE or AWE facility and became ill, you may be entitled to compensation of up to $400K plus medical benefits from the US Department of Labor. Call EEOICPA Counsel Hugh Stephens at 1-855-EEOICPA (336-4272) or fill out the form to the right, whether your claim has been accepted or denied.
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