2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 17 Oct 2006 00:17:50 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Knolls nuclear site, Windsor, CT
 
Feds: Windsor nuclear reactor site now clean and green

By Kym Soper
Manchester Journal Inquirer (CT)
October 16, 2006

WINDSOR - A contaminated nuclear reactor site in the town's industrial section that at one time was used to train submarine sailors has been totally cleaned, federal and local officials say, making it the first such site in the nation to be returned to "green field" conditions.

A large ceremony is planned for Wednesday morning at the former Knolls site, located on the Combustion Engineering campus on Prospect Hill Road, to celebrate the first ever release of a U.S. nuclear reactor property for unrestricted use.

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Owned by the Department of Energy's Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, the 11-acre site housed a number of buildings and a nuclear reactor along with a prototype submarine that was used for training sailors.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.journalinquirer.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17333768&BRD=985&PAG=461&dept_id=569436&rfi=6

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