Sampling for tritium at Santa Susana La

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Testing the water
New well dug at site of 1959 nuclear reactor meltdown.

By Kerry Cavanaugh 
Long Beach Press Telegram (CA)
August 13, 2004

Geologists on Friday finished drilling a sampling well next to the site
of a nuclear reactor meltdown at the Santa Susana Field Lab near Simi
Valley as regulators stepped up their search for radioactivity in the groundwater.

The new test wells are being drilled after the discovery earlier this
year of the radioactive isotope tritium in groundwater at four times the
national drinking water limit.

Although groundwater at the site is not used for drinking, the finding
prompted the Department of Energy and the Boeing Co. to begin testing
near other former reactor sites to track the contamination.

Geologists drilled a 90-foot-deep well about 20 feet from the site of a
1959 reactor meltdown. The accident would have released radioactive
material into the surrounding environment and has also been a particular
concern for clean-up watchdogs.

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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