From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | 26 Apr 2006 02:56:43 -0000 |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] National Lead, Colonie, ANY - more DU contamination found |
More uranium-tainted soil found Cleanup of former National Lead plant in Colonie may be delayed by discovery By JORDAN CARLEO-EVANGELIST Albany Times Union (NY) April 25, 2006 COLONIE -- Workers have uncovered more radioactively contaminated soil beneath a defunct Central Avenue munitions plant than expected, a discovery that could end hopes of completing the main cleanup at the old National Lead site by September, officials said. The find, made during excavation about 30 days ago, does not show increased levels of radioactivity or pose a direct threat to public health, said James Moore, project manager for the New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, but it does indicate that more soil is polluted, and at greater depth, than officials anticipated. Advertisement The contaminant, Moore said, is uranium-238, also known as depleted uranium, a radioactive isotope used at the site in producing armor and weapons. ... For the entire article, see http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=474982&category=ALBANY&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=4/25/2006 --
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