[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: Niagara Falls Storage Site (NY)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Energy Dept. to issue report on inquiry into N-waste effects in 
Lewiston, Porter

By Aaron Besecker
BUFFALO NEWS (NY)
December 3, 2009

LEWISTON - The U. S. Department of Energy plans to release a report in 
March as part of its inquiry into potential radiological contamination 
in Lewiston and Porter left over from the country's first nuclear 
weapons program, an agency representative said Wednesday night.

The department has been reviewing environmental data on portions of land 
that was formerly part of the Lake Ontario Ordnance Works - acreage 
regulators concluded was clear of environmental concerns in the 1980s, 
said Christopher J. Clayton of the Department of Energy’s Office of 
Legacy Management.

The land, once used by the Atomic Energy Commission and Manhattan 
Engineering District for the Manhattan Project, is now owned by the Town 
of Lewiston, CWM Chemical Services, Modern Corp. and National Grid.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/niagaracounty/story/881276.html?imw=Y

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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