u.s. radium corp.

ALDEN & HIGH STS AND OTHER ADDRESSES

The former U.S. Radium Corporation facility, which covers 2 acres in the City of Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, is a former radium-processing plant where extraction, production, application, and distribution took place from about 1915 through 1926. Approximately 1/2 to 2 tons of ore per day was processed and disposed of on and off the property. As a result of those operations, the facility buildings and soil became contaminated with radionuclides. In addition, radium-contaminated soil and debris were identified at approximately 250 noncontiguous properties in the vicinity of the former plant and at various other locations throughout the municipalities of Orange, West Orange, and South Orange. At this time, investigations to identify additional contaminated properties are complete, and the cleanup of contaminated properties is essentially complete. The noncontiguous affected properties are occupied by residences, light industries, offices, grocery stores, and apartment buildings. The main portion of the Site is located in a densely populated, urban residential neighborhood. All area residents and businesses are supplied with municipal water. Site Responsibility: This site is being addressed through Federal actions.

• Aircraft Components (d & L Sales) (Benton Harbor, MI)
• Welsbach & General Gas Mantle (camden Radiation) (Camden And Gloucester Cit, NJ)
• St. Louis Airport/hazelwood Interim Storage/futura Coatings Co. (St. Louis, MO)
• Teledyne Wah Chang (Albany, OR)
• United Nuclear Corp. (Church Rock, NM)

• Denver Radium Site (Denver, CO)
• Foote Mineral Co. (East Whiteland Township, PA)
• Safety Light Corporation (Bloomsburg, PA)
• Feed Materials Production Center (usdoe) (Fernald, OH)