Site A/Plot M Disposal Site

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The Site A/Plot M Disposal Site is located within Red Gate Woods and situated on the former grounds of Argonne National Laboratory and its predecessor, the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory in Cook County, Illinois and is now part of the Palos Forest Preserve. The site contains buried radioactive waste from contaminated building debris, and the Chicago Pile-1 (CP-1), Chicago Pile-2 (CP-2), and Chicago Pile-3 (CP-3) nuclear reactors.

[edit] Location

Site A is located near 41°42'8" North, 87°54'48" West (41.702364 -87.913306)

[edit] External links

Google Maps of Site A and Plot M