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Background

Under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is cleaning up sites with contamination resulting from the Nation’s early atomic energy program. FUSRAP was initiated in 1974 to identify, investigate and, if necessary, clean up or control sites throughout the United States contaminated as a result of Manhattan Engineer District (MED) or early Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) activities. Both the MED and the AEC were predecessors of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

Congress transferred administration and execution of FUSRAP cleanups from the DOE to USACE in October 1997. USACE continues to address sites the DOE began, sites that were referred to USACE by the DOE Office of Legacy Management under a USACE/DOE Memorandum of Understanding, and one site added to the program by Congress.

Learn more about the USACE completed FUSRAP sites that have been transferred back to DOE-LM for long-term stewardship.

The Buffalo District is charged with managing the FUSRAP sites within the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division. Read more about the story of the Buffalo District’s FUSRAP sites.

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W.R. Grace Site
Curtis Bay, Maryland
Under contract with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), a W.R. Grace predecessor company processed monazite sand at the facility from 1956 to 1957.
Baltimore District
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Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program
Guterl Steel Site
Lockport, New York
The former Simonds Saw and Steel Company was contracted by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) to conduct work in support of the Nation's early atomic energy and weapons program.
Buffalo District
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Harshaw Site
Cleveland, Ohio
The former Harshaw Chemical Company was contracted by the Manhattan Engineer District and later the Atomic Energy Commission to support the Nation’s early atomic weapons program.
Buffalo District
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Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program
Joslyn Manufacturing Site
Fort Wayne, Indiana
The former Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Company, currently known as the Fort Wayne Steel Corporation, processed uranium billets into metal rods under subcontract with the University of Chicago.
Buffalo District
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Luckey Site
Luckey, Ohio
In 1949, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) built a beryllium production facility at the site where Brush Beryllium Company (later Brush Wellman) produced beryllium oxide, beryllium hydroxide, and beryllium pebbles.
Buffalo District
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Niagara Falls Storage Site
Niagara Falls, New York
Beginning in 1944 the Niagara Falls Storage Site (NFSS) was used by the Manhattan Engineer District (MED) to store radioactive residues and wastes from uranium ore processing. Radioactive wastes and residues continued to be brought to the site for storage until 1952. In 1982 the U.S. Department of
Buffalo District
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Seaway Site
Tonawanda, New York
The Seaway Site was operated as a landfill from 1930 to 1993, accepting a variety of municipal, commercial, construction, and industrial wastes.
Buffalo District
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Superior Steel Site
Scott Township, Pennsylvania
The former Superior Steel Site processed uranium metal in support of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission’s (AEC) fuel-element development program from 1952 to 1957. The site was also licensed from 1957 to 1958 to receive thorium metal for processing and shaping.
Buffalo District
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Maywood Site
Maywood, New Jersey
The Maywood Site is located in a highly developed area of northeastern New Jersey, in the boroughs of Maywood and Lodi and the township of Rochelle Park. It is located approximately 13 miles northeast of Newark, New Jersey. Contamination at the properties resulted from rare earths and thorium
New York District
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Middlesex Municipal Landfill Site
Middlesex, New Jersey
MML ceased disposal operations in 1974 and was later covered with varying depths of material. Bechtel National Inc. performed characterization, cleanup, and final surveys of a five-acre area at the north end in 1984–1986. Investigations from 2001–2003 found elevated radiation along the southern
New York District
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Middlesex Sampling Plant Site
Middlesex, New Jersey
This facility was an entry point for African uranium ores known as pitchblende. These ores, imported for use in the nation’s early atomic energy program, were assayed at the Middlesex Sampling Plant and then shipped to other sites for processing. The site received uranium, thorium and beryllium ores
New York District
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Staten Island Warehouse Site
Staten Island, New York
The site was used by African Metals Corporation to store high-grade Belgian Congo uranium ore from 1940 to 1942. The uranium ore was later purchased by the Manhattan Engineering District (MED) in support of MED activities.
New York District
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Sylvania Corning Plant Site
Oyster Bay, New York
This site was utilized for the manufacture of government and commercial nuclear elements (e.g., cores, slugs, fuel elements) for reactors used in research and electric power generation between 1952 and 1967.
New York District
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Chemours Chambers Works Site
Pennsville & Carneys Point, New Jersey
Formerly DuPont Chambers Works Site has six areas of concern are former sites of uranium production processes, drainage areas leading from production areas, and potential Manhattan Engineer District waste disposal areas.
Philadelphia District
In January 2002, Section 8143 of Public Law 107-117 directed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to cleanup radioactive waste at the Parks Township Shallow Land Disposal Area (SLDA) site under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP). The cleanup will follow the remediation process outlined in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and is consistent with the requirements of the July 5, 2001 Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for coordination of cleanup and decommissioning of FUSRAP sites with NRC-licensed facilities.
Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program
Shallow Land Disposal Area
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Remediating and cleaning up an area affected by the nation's atomic weapons and energy programs.
Pittsburgh District
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Iowa Army Ammunition Plant Site
Middletown, Iowa
Selected in 1947 as the first production facility for the manufacture of high explosives components for weapons under the AEC. From 1947 to 1975, portions of the IAAAP facility were under AEC control for research, development and production of materials and components as part of America’s early
St. Louis District
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Latty Avenue Site
Hazlewood & Berkeley, Missouri
Latty is comprised of eight vicinity properties (VPs) as well as the Hazelwood Interim Storage Site (HISS) and Futura Coatings Company (Futura). Land use near the properties is primarily industrial; other uses are transportation-related, commercial and residential. The residential areas nearest the
St. Louis District
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St. Louis Airport Site
St. Louis, Missouri
In 1946, the Manhattan Engineer District (MED) acquired the 21.7-acre tract of land now known as SLAPS to store residues from uranium processing at the Mallinckrodt facility in St. Louis.
St. Louis District
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St. Louis Airport Vicinity Properties Site
Hazelwood & Berkeley, Missouri
Low-level radioactive contamination at the site is linked to both the St. Louis Airport Site and the Latty Avenue Properties. In 1966, Continental Mining and Milling Company of Chicago purchased uranium-bearing residues from the Manhattan Engineer District (MED) and removed them from SLAPS. The
St. Louis District
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St. Louis Downtown Site
St. Louis, Missouri
The St. Louis Downtown Site (SLDS) is located in an industrial area on the eastern edge of St. Louis, just 300 feet west of the Mississippi River. About 11 miles southeast of the St. Louis Lambert International Airport, SLDS is comprised of approximately 210 acres of land, which includes
St. Louis District