[CPEO-MEF] Radiation at Iowa Ammo Plant

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Radioactive mystery found at IAAP 
Experts say radiation from unknown item holds little danger. 

By MATTHEW LeBLANC
The Hawkeye (IA)
September 17, 2004

MIDDLETOWN ? A sweep of Iowa Army Ammunition Plant grounds prompted by
former workers afraid that radioactive materials were left there despite
recent cleanup efforts has yielded a small chunk of radioactive metal.
Environmental experts say they don't know what it is or where it came
from. 

"I don't know if we'll ever be able to figure out what exactly it is,"
said Steve Bellrichard, an environmental protection specialist at the
Middletown plant. 

Crews from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers found the chunk, which
resembles a small drawer pull, last month during an inspection of four
areas selected by former workers as likely to contain radiation. Three
of the areas tested negative for above?average radiation. The metal was
found in the fourth area, where crews dumped contaminated soil from a
cleanup effort nearly two years ago. 

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for the entire article, see
http://www.thehawkeye.com/daily/stories/ln8_0917.html

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