NEWFIELD -- The fate of a pile of radioactive waste in the borough is once again in the hands of the state.
After nearly a year of review, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted Wednesday to return oversight of cleanup efforts at the Shieldalloy Metallurgical Corp. site to the state.
"We're completely satisfied with the quality and rigor of New Jersey's regulatory program," said Neil Sheehan, public affairs officer for the federal agency's Region I.
Shieldalloy ceased production in 2006 after manufacturing metal products in Newfield for more than four decades. The former smelting facility has proposed collecting radioactive waste created there in a single pile and then capping it off with an engineered barrier, such as rock and soil.
http://www.thedailyjournal.com/arti...hieldalloy?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
http://www.epa.gov/Region2/superfund/npl/0200203c.pdf
After nearly a year of review, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted Wednesday to return oversight of cleanup efforts at the Shieldalloy Metallurgical Corp. site to the state.
"We're completely satisfied with the quality and rigor of New Jersey's regulatory program," said Neil Sheehan, public affairs officer for the federal agency's Region I.
Shieldalloy ceased production in 2006 after manufacturing metal products in Newfield for more than four decades. The former smelting facility has proposed collecting radioactive waste created there in a single pile and then capping it off with an engineered barrier, such as rock and soil.
http://www.thedailyjournal.com/arti...hieldalloy?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
http://www.epa.gov/Region2/superfund/npl/0200203c.pdf