maxey flats nuclear disposal

MAXEY FLATS RD

The 900-acre site is located near Hillsboro in Fleming County, Kentucky. Over half of the site is a forested buffer area that prevents development near the facility. The site is fenced and access to the area is controlled. More than 300 people live within five miles of the site. More than 120 wells and 25 springs are located within five miles of the site. The site is currently not used. From 1963 to 1977, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, under federal authority, licensed private operators to dispose of low-level radioactive wastes from military ships and facilities, hospitals, universities and corporations in landfill facilities at the site. Operators disposed an estimated five million cubic feet of material in landfill disposal trenches. Workers capped landfill disposal trenches with soil. Water collected in the trenches and leached unstable radioactive material into the surrounding environment. The trenches were located in a fenced 40-acre portion of the site known as the Restricted Area. The area also included waste storage buildings, an evaporator facility, and pipes containing plutonium and uranium. In 1986, EPA listed the site on the NPL.

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