[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: Knolls Atomic Power Lab (NY)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Knolls Atomic Power Lab soil cleanup begins


By Steven Cook
Schenectady Gazette (NY)
September 20, 2008


NISKAYUNA — The process of digging out soil contamination at the Knolls 
Atomic Power Laboratory has begun, officials with the company doing the 
work said this week.

Accelerated Remediation Co., of Idaho Falls, Idaho, is to manage cleanup 
of about 15 acres of radiologically and chemically contaminated soil at 
the Knolls site.

The $14 million project, part of a larger cleanup, began in late August 
and is expected to continue through July 2010.

The work involves using backhoes to dig up contaminated dirt. That dirt 
is then put in 18,000-pound bags. Three to four of the bags are then 
placed on a flatbed truck and shipped by rail for disposal in Utah, 
according to Brian Edgerton, program manger for the project.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2008/sep/20/0920_knollsdirt/

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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
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