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RED-76-102 1 (1976-04-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaablx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: N. A B-164052 The Honorable Rooert C. Seamars, Ji. Administrator, Energy Research and Development Administration Dear Dr. Seamans: 465c)OO/ In our survey of Federal programs and obsolete and unused nuclear facilities, we policies for disposing of learned of a situation which wrrants your immiTediae attention. In June 1974 the Atomic Energy Connission (AEC) instructed its field offices to identify, by September 1974, all previously owned, leased, or other Froperty which could have been contaminated with radioactivity. This action was directed to hose past AEC activities for which available data was insufficient to insure that residual radioactivity, if any, does not present a hazard to the environment and/or public health and safety. D6 60e59S- The field offices identified 49 sites which the Manhattan Engineer- ing District and AEC had used for various radiolo:ical Wn operationsceasrJ, AEC released the sites for unrestricted use. Fecau~e of insufficien records, the Energy Research and Development Administra- tion (ERDA) does not know the current use or ownership of some of the sites. 'owever, some of the sites that were identified included land now owned by an airport and land in a public park. ERDA officials explained that operations sponsored by the Manhattan Engineering District and the early activities of AEC did not provide for the same care and attention now giver to radiological safety and to relatea documen..-ion. Consequently ERDA n;s initiated a program to study the radiolgical condition at each site. Under this program, ERDA plans to use one contractor to make the surveys; thus all 49 sites will not be surveyed until 1980. ERDA plans to initiate surveys at three of the sites during fiscal year 1976 at a total cost of about S150,C00. ERDA officials told us that they were considering reoro- jraming funds or requesting a supplemental appropriation to expedite the program so that all surveys could be completed by fiscal year 1978. RED-76-102 BEST DOCUMENT AVAILABLE : - 3 o993,7 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 oqq37 RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC r VELQPMFNT DIVISION April 9, l LM099377

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