[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Piketon, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Ohio EPA approves additional Piketon cleanup

BY LOREN GENSON
Chillicothye Gazette (OH)
April 14, 2010

PIKETON -- The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has approved a new 
component to clean-up efforts at the U.S. Department of Energy's former 
Gaseous Diffusion Plant.

On Tuesday, the state EPA said it has approved plans from the U.S. 
Department of Energy that will allow proper cleanup and, in some cases, 
tearing down of buildings that were used to produce enriched uranium 
until 2001.

Currently, the Department of Energy is conducting cleanup of soil and 
water at the site under a 1989 agreement, but the new agreement allows 
it to begin decontamination and decommissioning work in the buildings on 
the site as well.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.chillicothegazette.com/article/20100414/NEWS01/4140306

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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