[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Mound nuclear weapons lab

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Event Monday kicks off new chapter for Mound
Only a handful of the 116 buildings remain from the former nuclear site 
after 15-year, $1 billion environmental cleanup

By Tom Beyerlein
Dayton Daily News (OH)
October 3, 2010

MIAMISBURG - Operating virtually in the shadow of the mysterious Adena 
Indian mound that gave it its name, the Mound Laboratory was the secret 
site of both scientific marvels and environmental devastation over its 
45-year lifespan.

During the Cold War, the plant's main mission was developing explosive 
components for nuclear weapons. Mound's highly educated workers also 
invented a polonium-powered generator used in the space program.
Over the years, the plant released radioactive and chemical hazards into 
the environment that, according to government officials, gave some 
workers cancer. The releases also contaminated the air, soil, surface 
water and groundwater, necessitating a $1 billion environmental cleanup.

At an event set for Monday, local officials plan to kick off a new phase 
in the Mound story: They're declaring the site clean and ready for 
redevelopment as an industrial park catering to high-tech businesses.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/event-monday-kicks-off-new-chapter-for-mound-958954.html

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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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