[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, FORMER SITES: Meeting about NUMEC, Parks, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Residents seek assurance on nuke cleanup in Parks
By Mary Ann Thomas
ASPINWALL HERALD (PA)
May 13, 2011



As the Army Corps of Engineers gets ready to excavate and remove  
radiological and chemically contaminated dirt and debris from the  
nuclear waste dump along Route 66 in Parks Township, nearby residents  
want reassurances that they will be safe.

The cleanup is expected to take eight to 10 years.

About 50 residents attended a Corps public meeting last night at the  
Parks Township Volunteer Fire Department on Dalmatian Drive.

"You're exposing a lot of soil," said Larry Golofski, who lives in  
the Kiski Highlands housing plan near the dump and says he works in  
the nuclear industry.

"We have conditions here that are very much wet and very dry," he  
said. "When nuclear particles get airborne when it's dry, it's  
difficult."

Army Corps officials tried to allay fears, stressing that only a  
small amount of radiological material will be excavated at any one time.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleynewsdispatch/s_736908.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
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