[CPEO-MEF] Santa Susana reactor remnants removed

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Field lab clean-up continues
Feds say 'hot' remnants of one nuclear reactor removed

By Kerry Cavanaugh
Los Angeles Daily News
December 2, 2004

Facing increasing scrutiny over the clean-up of radioactive 
contamination, Department of Energy and the Boeing Corp. officials told 
neighbors of the Santa Susana Field Lab on Thursday night that all "hot" 
remnants of one former nuclear reactor have been removed.

The DOE presented the results of the Building 59 demolition and clean-up 
during a public meeting held at the Grand Vista Hotel in Simi Valley. 
The demolition was closely watched because Building 59 was one of three 
remaining facilities at the Simi Hills lab with radioactive contamination.

"I think this is a major achievement on the site," said Mike Lopez, DOE 
project manager.

Building 59 housed one of seven reactors used in nuclear research from 
1959 through 1969 to develop reliable power for space exploration and 
satellites. The building may have been a source of the recent 
radioactive tritium contamination found in groundwater.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2573186,00.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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