2021 Site Environmental Report

Abstract

The cover for this year’s 2021 Site Environmental Report recounts the removal of the High Flux Beam Reactor (HFBR) Stack. The Stack served as an exhaust for the Brookhaven Research Reactor (BGRR), from 1950 to 1968 and for the HFBR from 1965 to 1999. Historical operations from both facilities resulted in radiological contamination of the interior of the Stack. Under the direction of the Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers oversaw the demolition and decommissioning of the HFBR Stack at BNL. Olgoonik-FPM Joint Venture was contracted to plan the work, safely dismantle the HFBR Stack, and properly dispose of all waste.