[CPEO-MEF] Bombs at Oregon scrap yard

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Experts disarm six, 250-pound bombs from scrap yard


By Jeannine Koranda
Tri-City Herald Oregon bureau
April 1, 2006

HERMISTON -- Bomb technicians disarmed and removed six, 250-pound bombs 
Friday from a scrap yard where one of the World War II-era devices 
exploded as it was processed, authorities said.

Oregon State Police bomb technicians also found and disarmed 15 more 
practice bombs at a farm near the old Boardman Bombing Range. All of the 
devices were taken to the range in a dump truck filled with sand, said 
Mike Monroe, who owns the property where the recycling yard is located.

About 20 bombs were accidentally included in a pile of scrap metal 
brought to RS Davis Recycling. One of the devices exploded as it was 
passing through a 60-ton shear bailer, Monroe said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7585437p-7496565c.html

See also
Bomb rocks recycling center
The Associated Press	
The Oregonian
March 31, 2006

HERMISTON, Ore. (AP) — A World War II-era practice bomb exploded at a 
recycling center, but there were no injuries or substantial damage, 
authorities said.

The bomb was one of about 20 that were mistakenly taken to Davis 
Recycling in Hermiston, said Detective Dennis Wagner of the Oregon State 
Police. Wagner said workers from the recycling center went to Inland 
Farms, west of Boardman, to retrieve scrap metal. They instead picked up 
old munitions that farmers had unearthed over the years. The farm is 
located a few miles west of a Naval bombing range and may have been part 
of it at one time, Wagner said.

The bomb that exploded had been placed in a crushing machine, which is 
used to chop large pieces of scrap metal into smaller pieces for transport.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-14/1143860051165210.xml&storylist=orlocal
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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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