Elza Gate (Melton Lake Industrial Park)

The Elza Gate Site, located in Melton Lake Industrial Park , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , was used by the Manhattan Engineer District to store high-grade uranium ore and ore processing residues in the early 1940s. The site was transferred to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission in 1946 and was used as an equipment storage area for Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In the 1970s, the site was vacated and decontaminated, transferred to the City of Oak Ridge, and later sold to a private metal fabrication company.

In 1988, the property was surveyed for contamination and was transferred to FUSRAP. In 1991 and 1992, DOE remediated radioactive contamination on concrete pads and in soils and removed polychlorinated biphenyl and lead contamination. The site was released for unrestricted use in 1993.

No supplemental limits or institutional controls are in effect at the site, and DOE does not require on-site monitoring or surveillance. Legacy management activities consist of managing site records and responding to stakeholder inquiries.