[CPEO-MEF] DU at Twin Cities Ammo Plant

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cleanup at Arden Hills munitions plant goes to the public tonight

Tom Meersman
Star Tribune (MN)
December 8, 2004

Federal officials will hold a public meeting this evening to discuss 
radioactive waste cleanup at the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant in 
Arden Hills.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokeswoman Viktoria Mitlyng said a former 
munitions manufacturing site there has been restored so that it can be 
used for other purposes. It is part of a 775-acre property owned by the 
federal government. Parts of the property eventually could be redeveloped.

The cleanup involved depleted uranium, which Honeywell workers machined 
from bars into munitions from the mid-1970s to the late 1980s. The 
density of the depleted uranium allows the projectiles to penetrate hard 
surfaces, such as tank armor. Because the uranium retained some 
radioactivity, Honeywell had a license from the NRC to handle the 
material and dispose of wastes.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5125216.html


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Lenny Siegel
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