| Abstract: | ABSTRACT Between 1992 and 2005, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) carried out a comprehensive environmental cleanup of thirty contaminated areas and facilities. Because some of the cleanup efforts involved isolation of contamination in permanent storage (e.g., safe-storage of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, nor any of their contractors, subcontractors, or their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or any third party's use or the results of such use of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof or its contractors or subcontractors. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. of reactor components), residual low-level soil contamination, or long-term groundwater treatment to achieve cleanup goals, land use restrictions are needed to prevent human and environmental exposure to remaining contaminants that are above levels that allow unrestricted use. BNL uses a web-based geographic information system (GIS) to integrate and overlay information from databases, electronic documents and paper reports that are distributed throughout the BNL site, and to convey this information to stewards and stakeholders. |
