Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Commander Maj. General Mark Quander, Pittsburgh District Commander Col. Nicholas Melin, and Deputy District Engineer Brian Trzaska listen to a presentation during a tabletop exercise for the Shallow Land Disposal Area (SLDA) site in May 2025.
Approximately 50 people from various federal agencies participated in the TTX, including USACE regional and headquarters senior leadership, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the Department of Energy - Environmental Management (DOE-EM), and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), congregated at the Allegheny County Emergency Services Building in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. The purpose of the TTX was to enhance interagency coordination, test and refine roles, responsibilities, and response plans. It also was to pinpoint system gaps among the partners before active remediation commences later this year.
The SLDA site, encompassing 44 acres of privately-owned land, is approximately 23 miles east-northeast of Pittsburgh in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, and near the Apollo and Vandergrift communities. Radioactive waste disposal operations were conducted between 1960 and 1970 at the site. Low-level radioactive materials, used primarily for nuclear-powered submarine and power-plant fuel, were produced under the Atomic Energy Commission contracts, and eventually disposed of at the SLDA site.
A 2002 law directed the site be added to the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP). The program was initiated to identify, investigate, clean up, or control sites throughout the United States contaminated by the Nation’s atomic weapons and energy programs. USACE plans to begin remediation at the SLDA site in late 2025.
| Date Taken: | 05.14.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 06.04.2025 11:16 |
| Photo ID: | 9083055 |
| VIRIN: | 250514-A-XW512-1257 |
| Resolution: | 4596x3064 |
| Size: | 3.53 MB |
| Location: | PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, US |
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