[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, BERYLLIUM: Nuclear Metals (Concord, MA) demolition

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Public Meeting Concerning the Nuclear Metals Superfund Site in Concord, 
Mass.

U.S. EPA Region 9
News Release


(Boston, Mass. – May 08, 2008) – On Thursday May 15, EPA will hold an 
informational meeting at 7 PM in the Harvey Wheeler Community Center, 
1276 Main Street, Concord, MA to discuss EPA's proposal for addressing 
contaminated facility buildings located at the Nuclear Metals Superfund 
Site (also known as the Starmet Site). EPA is proposing to demolish the 
facility buildings in order to prevent the release of hazardous 
substances, such as depleted uranium and beryllium. As part of the 
meeting, EPA will explain how the public can submit comments to EPA 
regarding the proposed demolition as well as other options considered by 
EPA to address the contaminated buildings.

EPA's proposal to demolish the facility buildings at the Site is based 
on an Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA) study, which found 
contamination on the buildings' rooftops, interior walls, and floors, 
and on machinery and heavy equipment located inside the buildings. A 
summary of EPA's proposal is found in an EPA Fact Sheet, issued on May 
2, 2008.

While Starmet, the current owner of the Site, is licensed by the Mass. 
Dept. of Public Health's Radiation Control Program to possess 
radioactive materials, it no longer manufactures products with 
radioactive materials. Starmet manufactured depleted uranium tipped 
munitions for the U.S. Army at the Site from the 1970s until 1999.


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For the entire release, see
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/c300d49f934b507c8525744300762c52?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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