[CPEO-MEF] Long Island (Hicksville) nuclear fuel rod site

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

A cleanup transfer

Federal government likely to take over at plant that produced nuclear
fuel rods, saving Verizon millions

BY DAN FAGIN
Newsday (NY)
December 17, 2004

The federal government will almost certainly take over the cleanup of a
Hicksville factory that produced nuclear fuel rods for federal weapons
reactors from 1952 to 1966, two legislators announced yesterday.

The switch will save Verizon Corp., the current owner, tens of millions
of dollars, and possibly much more. But it also will lead to a "more
comprehensive cleanup," said U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.).

"It's the federal government that created this mess, and it's the
federal government that should clean it up," said Schumer, who announced
the planned switch yesterday at a news conference with Rep. Peter King
(R-Seaford) in front of the old Sylvania Electric Products plant, just
south of Cantiague Park.

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For the entire article, go to
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-lisylv174088342dec17,0,1860381.story?coll=ny-linews-headlines

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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