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.