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Beltsville Agricultural Research Center

1.0 Site Identification

Type of Site: Complex Decommissioning Site
Location: Beltsville, MD
License No.: 19-00915-03
Docket No.: 03003530
License Status: Active License
Project Manager: Mark Roberts

2.0 Site Status Summary

The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) is owned and operated by the USDA. The site is located approximately one-quarter mile north of the Cherry Hill Road overpass of the Capital Beltway (I95/495) in Beltsville, Maryland, northeast of Washington D.C.

On August 20, 2009, the United States Department of Agriculture submitted the Revised Final Decommissioning Plan (DP) for the Low Level Radioactive Burial Site at BARC. (ML092370132)

On November 18, 2009, NRC accepted the Revised Final DP for technical review.

3.0 Major Technical or Regulatory Issues

None

4.0 Estimated Date For Closure

2012

Page Last Reviewed/Updated Thursday, March 29, 2012