ROCKY FLATS SOIL CONTAMINATION
HISTORICAL SEQUENCE

JULY 1958
DRUM STORAGE AREA ESTABLISHED, DRuMS CONTAINING
PLUTONIUM CONTAMINATED OILS WERE ADDED DuRING

SUBSEQUENT YEARS

1959
First DRUM LEAKAGE DISCOVERED AND RUST
INHIBITOR, ETHANOLAMINE, Was ADDED To Drums

PRIOR TO STORAGE To MINIMIZE CORROSION

JANUARY 1964
First EVIDENCE OF LAYER SCALE DETERIORATION
OF Drums WAS REPORTED.

SOIL CONTAMINATION

Was REPORTED To RE INCREASING.

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