NRC: News Release - Region I - 2002-004 - NRC to Meet with New Jersey Company to Discuss Site Cleanup Plans


Index \| Site Map \| FAQ \| Facility Info \| Reading Rm \| New \| Help \| Glossary \| Contact Us

NRC NEWS
U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Office of Public Affairs, Region I
475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pa. 19406
www.nrc.gov

No. I-02-004		January 18, 2002
CONTACT:	Diane Screnci (610) 337-5330 Neil A. Sheehan (610) 337-5331	E-mail: OPA1.Resource@nrc.gov
NRC TO MEET WITH NEW JERSEY COMPANY TO DISCUSS SITE CLEANUP PLANS Printable Version
Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials will meet with representatives of Heritage Minerals, Inc., on Tuesday, January 22, to discuss the company's plans to complete the decommissioning of a site it owns in Lakehurst, N.J. The meeting, which begins at 10:30 a.m., will be held in the Public Meeting Room at the NRC Region I office, 475 Allendale Road, in King of Prussia, Pa. It will be open to the public for observation. Located off Route 70, the site was used at one time for the mining and processing of local monazite ores to extract heavy minerals. ASARCO, Inc., began operation at the site in 1973, followed by Heritage Minerals, which ceased processing operations in August 1990. The processing of the ores resulted in a waste pile containing natural thorium and uranium in sufficient quantities to require an NRC license. Most of the material has now been shipped off-site. Heritage Minerals is in the process of finalizing plans for the removal of any remaining materials and to ensure that the site is adequately cleaned up.
NRC news releases are available through a free listserv subscription at the following Web address: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/listserver.html. The NRC Home Page at www.nrc.gov also offers a Subscribe to News link in the News & Information menu. E-mail notifications are sent to subscribers when news releases are posted to NRC's Web Site.