[CPEO-MEF] Slater Steels FUSRAP (IN)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Plant faces uranium contamination test

By Dan Stockman
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (IN)
June 10, 2005

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is examining the former Slater Steels 
site to look for contamination left over from when the plant made 
uranium fuel rods in the 1940s and early 1950s.

A study by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1976 showed the site was 
safe, but guidelines have been toughened since then and the tests for 
measuring contamination have become more accurate and sophisticated. The 
steel mill is now owned by Valbruna Slater Stainless, a subsidiary of 
Italy-based Acciaierie Valbruna SpA, which bought the plant at 2400 
Taylor St. in February 2004.

Army Corps spokesman Patrick Jones said there is no imminent threat to 
human health or the environment, and the analysis will only be to ensure 
the site will not be a risk in the future.

Jones said that oftentimes when contamination is found, it is in areas 
of the building that are inaccessible, such as under concrete floors. 
Previously, that contamination would have been left alone, but under the 
Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program, known as FUSRAP, it is 
removed to make sure it can never be a threat.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/news/local/11862957.htm
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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
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org



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