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2024 Annual Groundwater Monitoring Report : Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility, Hopkins, Richland County, South Carolina, Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC
Grant, Jeremy South Carolina Department of Environmental Services AECOM
Grant, Jeremy
South Carolina Department of Environmental Services
AECOM
Abstract
Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC (Westinghouse) Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF) is located at 5801 Bluff Road (site or property) in Hopkins, approximately 15 miles southeast of Columbia, South Carolina. The site includes approximately 1,151 acres, with the developed area encompassing approximately 75 acres centrally located on the site, thereby creating substantial buffers from adjoining properties. The property is surrounded by rural forested and agricultural property. CFFF was opened in 1969 and manufactures fuel assemblies and components for the commercial nuclear power industry. On February 26, 2019, the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (DES, formerly known as DHEC) and CFFF entered into Consent Agreement (CA) 19-02-HW to comprehensively assess potential environmental impacts from current and historical operations, including additional assessment of known impacts. The CA requires further assessment and potential remediation of known constituents of potential concern (COPC) and assessment of additional areas where releases may have occurred. Remedial investigation (RI) work was conducted by AECOM Technical Services, Inc. (AECOM) from June 2019 through October 2022 to assess the source, nature, and extent of impacts from CFFF operations. This work resulted in the installation of 57 additional surficial aquifer monitoring wells (W-69 through W-126), one replacement monitoring well W-4R, and one piezometer (PZ-1). The source, nature and extent of these impacts were well defined by the RI, remain well within the facility property boundary and are anticipated to remain within the property boundary for the foreseeable future. No additional or ongoing releases were identified during the RI. The Final Remedial Investigation Report was submitted to DES on February 28, 2023 (AECOM, 2023) and was approved by DES on March 23, 2023.
Issue Date
2025-01
Keywords
Groundwater--Pollution--Law and legislation--South Carolina
Type
Periodical
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