[CPEO-MEF] Ft. Belvoir (VA) radioactive materials vault

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Radioactive material storage vault slated for demolition

By Kafia Hosh
Belvoir Eagle (VA)
August 4, 2005


A vault on post that was once used to store radioactive materials is
slated for demolition next month.

An environmental assessment found that the demolition of the vault will
have no major human health or environmental effects.

The vault is assigned building No. 7304 and is located inside the gated
Research and Development Engineering Compound on south post.

In 2003, the Army requested that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
terminate its license to use the building as a radioactive materials
storage vault.

As a result, the Army prepared a decommissioning plan to meet the NRC
closure standards and emptied the vault, which contained several bottles
filled with chemical agents.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.belvoireagle.com/archives/2005/AUG/4AUG/vault.shtml


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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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