[CPEO-MEF] URANIUM: Nuclear Regulatory Commission issues violation notice to Army in Hawaii

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Depleted uranium probe of Army sites completed
NRC ISSUES NOTICE OF VIOLATION

BY NANCY COOK LAUER |
WEST HAWAII TODAY
August 4, 2011

HILO -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has wrapped up its  
investigation of depleted uranium at Pohakuloa Training Area and  
Schofield Barracks by issuing a "Notice of Violation."

The notice, issued Monday, states a Security Level III violation  
occurred, for which the base civil penalty is $3,500. But the  
regulatory agency gave the Army credit because neither Schofield  
Barracks nor Pohakuloa has previously been the subject of "escalated  
enforcement action" and the Army identified the contamination and  
notified the NRC, the notice said.

"The NRC has concluded that the Army has provided adequate  
information regarding the reason for the violation, the corrective  
actions taken, and planned to be taken, to correct the violation and  
to prevent recurrence, so the enforcement action is resolved," NRC  
spokesman Scott Burnell told West Hawaii Today. "However, if  
additional information alters the NRC's understanding of the  
corrective actions taken or planned to be taken, a fine could be  
reconsidered."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/sections/news/local-news/depleted- 
uranium-probe-army-sites-completed.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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