Little Forest legacy site – summary of site history until the commencement of waste disposal in 1960

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dc.contributor.authorPayne, TEen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-20T00:10:38Zen_AU
dc.date.available2015-04-20T00:10:38Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2015-04-20en_AU
dc.date.statistics2015-03-01en_AU
dc.description.abstractThe Australian Atomic Energy Commission (AAEC) disposed of low-level radioactive waste at a site in the Little Forest area on the southern periphery of Sydney between 1960 and 1968. Following common practice of the period, a clay-rich site was selected in the vicinity of the AAEC’s facility at Lucas Heights, and waste was mainly disposed by burial in closely spaced unlined trenches. During the time of operations (and subsequently until 2014), the site was known as the ‘Little Forest Burial Ground’ (LFBG). In recent years, ANSTO has been implementing a detailed scientific study of the status of the disposal site, now referred to as the Little Forest Legacy Site (LFLS). This study includes sampling of vegetation, groundwater and soils. As part of the research, documents related to the disposal operations have been reviewed, as well as information and data from over 40 years of monitoring and studies of the LFLS. During these investigations, it has become clear that although numerous records have been preserved, there are nevertheless some key information gaps. Furthermore, while there is evidence of several previous attempts to summarise the material, none of these has led to a definitive summary of the history of the site and disposal activities. The present report aims to summarise the history of the site until the commencement of disposal operations in 1960. This document contains information on the technical justification and other factors involved in the selection of the site, and some comments on the site selection process are presented in the final section. The main objective of this report is to provide a record of the events during this period, which will assist in understanding the disposal operations at the site and provide a context for interpreting subsequent monitoring data.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationPayne, T, E. (2015). Little Forest legacy site – summary of site history until the commencement of waste disposal in 1960 (ANSTO/E-782). Lucas Heights, NSW: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Institute for Environmental Research.en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc5959en_AU
dc.identifier.issn1030-7745en_AU
dc.identifier.placeofpublicationLucas Heights, New South Walesen_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/6137en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherAustralian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisationen_AU
dc.relation.ispartofseriesANSTO/E;782en_AU
dc.subjectRadioactive wastesen_AU
dc.subjectSamplingen_AU
dc.subjectGround wateren_AU
dc.subjectMass spectrometersen_AU
dc.subjectRadioisotopesen_AU
dc.subjectToxoidsen_AU
dc.titleLittle Forest legacy site – summary of site history until the commencement of waste disposal in 1960en_AU
dc.typeExternal Reporten_AU
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