[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: U.S. Houston, Apra Harbor (GU)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

11 a.m. — Read the report sent by the Navy to governor's office 
regarding USS Houston

Pacific Daily News (GU)
August 8, 2008

11 a.m. — The following is the report sent by local Navy officials to 
the Office of the Governor yesterday:

The U.S. Navy has determined that an extremely small amount of 
radioactivity may have been released into the environment during USS 
HOUSTON’s homeport periods at Apra Harbor, Guam starting in June 2006 to 
her most recent departure. This was a total of 366 days in Apra Harbor. 
The amount of radioactivity released to the environment during these 
in-port periods is less than 8 micro curies.

For perspective, the total amount of radioactivity released into the 
environment as a result of valve weepage during these inport periods is 
less than the total amount of radioactivity contained in all of the 
smoke detectors installed in a typical family home. This extremely small 
amount of radioactivity would have no adverse effect on human health, 
marine life, or the environment. Extensive monitoring in Apra Harbor has 
confirmed that U.S. nuclear-powered warship operations have had no 
discernable effect on the radioactivity in the environment, including 
during periods prior to, during, and after HOUSTON’s most recent departure.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.guampdn.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080808/NEWS01/80808011/1002

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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>
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