[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: Pohakuloa (HI) depleted uranium

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Army says no risk to Big Isle public from uranium

By Rod Thompson
Honolulu Star Bulletin
May 21, 2008

HILO - Forty-year-old depleted uranium devices at the Army's Pohakuloa 
Training Area on the Big Island are a hazard on base, but not a hazard 
to the public, Army Col. Howard Killian told the Hawaii County Council 
yesterday.

Measurements show no radiation from depleted uranium is extending 
outside the nearly 109,000-acre base, and radiation inside is so low 
that devices made with uranium are hard to find, Killian said.

Killian was responding to a Council resolution that calls on the Army to 
establish monitoring for radiation at the training area. A vote on the 
resolution was deferred yesterday.

Killian said the Army has spent $2.4 million studying the situation, and 
a monitoring system is being set up. When more information is available, 
a Nuclear Regulatory Commission "license" will be sought to remove the 
uranium or take other corrective action.

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For the entire article, see
http://starbulletin.com/2008/05/21/news/story09.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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