Re: [CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, REUSE: Fernald Preserve (OH)

[Peter Strauss <petestrauss1@comcast.net>]

At first I thought that this article was from the Daily Onion.  The  
"Cold War Garden". How lovely!  I'll book my next vacation. "Weapons  
to Wetlands".  Enjoy the great great blue heron.  I could go on.

Peter
On Jun 14, 2010, at 1:19 PM, Lenny Siegel wrote:

> Once notorious uranium waste site in Fernald, Ohio, beckons tourists
>
> BY ELLEN CREAGER
> Detroit Free Press Travel Writer
> June 13, 2010
>
> FERNALD, Ohio -- At first, the Fernald Preserve inspires jokes.
>
> "Let's come back and go hiking -- in 500 years," I say, checking out  
> trails marked with radiation monitors.
>
> My mom and stepdad make cracks about fish with three eyes and birds  
> with six wings, ha ha. Still, we're a little nervous.
>
> Fernald Preserve used to be the site of the factory where uranium  
> was processed for nuclear bombs.
>
> From 1951 to 1989, it was known as the Fernald Feed Materials  
> Production Center, a secretive facility in the middle of farm  
> country in southwest Ohio. It produced nearly 70% of all uranium  
> used in America's nuclear weapons. After it closed, cleaning up the  
> badly contaminated site took the U.S. Department of Energy $4.4  
> billion and 17 years.
>
> ...
>
> For the entire article, see
> http://www.freep.com/article/20100613/FEATURES07/6130319/1322/Once-notorious-uranium-waste-site-in-Fernald-Ohio-beckons-tourists
>
>
>
>
> --
>
>
> 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>
> http://www.cpeo.org
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Military mailing list
> Military@lists.cpeo.org
> http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org

_______________________________________________
Military mailing list
Military@lists.cpeo.org
http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org