Managing a site cleanup under an accelerated schedule: The Lowman Story

This paper is intended to shed some light on the multitude of problems and issues related to the acceleration of remedial action activities at the Department of Energy's Lowman, Idaho Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project site. The preremedial action and construction activities were accelerated to accommodate limited funding. This paper will concentrate on several major activities that were accelerated to enable construction activities to begin one year ahead of schedule and the issues and problems that arose during cleanup and construction