Background: the Nuclear Metals Superfund Site: 1958-2015

From the EPA Superfund information site for Nuclear Metals The Nuclear Metals, Inc. (NMI) property is located on a 46.4-acre parcel located at 2229 Main Street in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The facility includes five interconnected buildings, a paved parking area, a sphagnum bog, a cooling water recharge pond, and a holding basin. The topography… Continue reading →

Nuclear Metals Superfund Site

In Concord, Massachusetts, near the border with Acton, there is a federal Superfund site — the Nuclear Metals, Inc. site — that is threatening Acton’s water supply through contamination of Acton’s Assabet wells. The main concern is 1,4-Dioxane, a probable human carcinogen that moves readily through groundwater. These are the same wells that were contaminated… Continue reading →