Site A/Plot M Disposal Site

Site A/Plot M Disposal Site

The Site A/Plot M Disposal Site is located within Red Gate Woods and situated on the former grounds of Argonne National Laboratory and its predecessor, the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory in Cook County, Illinois and is now part of the Palos Forest Preserve. The site contains buried radioactive waste from contaminated building debris, and the Chicago Pile-1 (CP-1), Chicago Pile-2 (CP-2), and Chicago Pile-3 (CP-3) nuclear reactors.

Location

Site A is located near coord|41|42|8|N|87|54|48|W. (41.702364 -87.913306)

During the Glenwood stage of Lake Chicago, this was part of Mount Forest Island, a triangular island 6 miles long and 4 miles wide, rising 80 to 120 feet above the surrounding waters. [http://ebeltz.net/folio/cfol-4.html]

External links

* [http://www.lm.doe.gov/land/sites/il/sitea/sitea.htm The Office of Legacy Management's Site A page]

Google Maps of [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.702364,-87.913306&spn=0.005655,0.010064&t=k Site A] and [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.707268,-87.910516&spn=0.001414,0.002516&t=k Plot M]

References

cite web
last = Alden
first = William C.
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Description of the Chicago District
work = Geologic Atlas of the United States, Number 81
publisher = U.S. Geological Survey
date = 1902
url = http://ebeltz.net/folio/
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doi =
accessdate = 2007-05-23


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