[CPEO-MEF] Nuclear Metals (MA)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Removal of Hazardous Waste Begins at Concord, Mass. Superfund Site

U.S. EPA Region 1
Press Release
January 10, 2008


(Boston, Mass. - Jan 10, 2008) - This week EPA began a "Time Critical 
Removal Action" at the Nuclear Metals, Inc. Superfund site, in Concord 
Mass., to remove containers of hazardous substances within the facility 
that pose a risk of fire or explosion.

EPA has undertaken the action at the request of the Concord Fire 
Department which expressed concern about the facility's ability to 
adequately manage combustible and flammable hazardous materials 
following a June 2007 fire at the site.

The Concord site is owned and operated by Starmet Corp. (formerly 
Nuclear Metals, Inc.) and other affiliated companies which conduct 
specialty metals operations at the facility. A small isolated fire broke 
out inside the Starmet facility on June 26, 2007, which was contained 
and extinguished by both the Concord Fire Department (CFD) and the Mass. 
Dept. of Fire Services. Various town and state agencies, along with EPA, 
participated in the response.

Following the fire, EPA inventoried containers of hazardous substances 
in facility buildings. These included materials that could present a 
fire or chemical hazards risk, and materials that increase the risk of 
accelerating a fire due to chemical reactivity or explosion, and/or the 
risk to personnel involved in firefighting or response activities. 
Flammable liquids, compressed natural gas cylinders, toxic compressed 
gas cylinders, caustic materials, flammable metal powders and other 
hazardous materials were all identified at the facility.


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For the entire press release, see
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/678b33ef0c3c3ffc852573cc0068a54a?OpenDocument

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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