oa Geophysical Methods Used To Investigate A &Jdioac!I’Ivb Waste Burial Site

A suspected radioactive waste burial site was investigated using geophysical<br>surveys, performed in sequence to learn about the site without intruding into it. The<br>site is described as active in the 1950s and the location where low-level<br>radioactive materials such as cathode ray tubes, scopes and radium dials were<br>disposed of in a 15-foot deep trench approximately forty feet in length. The waste<br>materials were covered with general refuse and local soil material. Examination of 1988 aerial photographs detected a 4-acre scar of disturbed earth that may be the location of the burial site.