Columbus Environmental Management
Project - King Avenue

The King Avenue site consisted of nine affected buildings, located within the city of Columbus, Ohio. The affected area under control of the project covers approximately 2.4 hectares (6 acres), and is bounded by The Ohio State University, a high-density residential area, and the Olentangy River. The King Avenue site was historically a part of the government’s fuel and fabrication program. Activities included nuclear research which encompassed the processing and machining of enriched, natural and depleted uranium and thorium; fabricating fuel elements; analyzing radiochemicals; and studying powder metallurgy. The principal contaminated media at the King Avenue site were facilities and equipment. All wastes, primarily uranium and thorium, were shipped offsite for disposal at the Hanford Site in Washington State, or at the commercial disposal facility, Envirocare of Utah. Remediation was completed in FY 2000 and the facilities were released to Battelle.

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