[CPEO-BIF] Santa Susana Lab cleanup, Ventura County, California

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Crews Rush To Clean Up Santa Susana Former Nuke Lab

By ALICIA CHANG
Associated Press
August 17, 2013

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - The sun was barely up at a former Cold War  
rocket test site when crews in hard hats, neon vests and steel-toe  
boots collected jars of dirt as part of a massive effort to clean up  
from a partial nuclear meltdown a half century ago.

Parties that inherited the toxic mess face a 2017 deadline to restore  
the sprawling hilltop complex on the outskirts of Los Angeles to its  
condition before chemical and radioactive wastes leached into the  
soil and groundwater.

For residents living downhill from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory,  
it would seem like a conclusion to a protracted fight. But many  
remain dissatisfied that a large portion of the land won't be cleaned  
to the highest standards.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/17/crews-clean-up-santa- 
susana_n_3773378.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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