[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: Iowa Army Ammunition Plant's Lake Mathes

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Contamination of lake questioned

RAB discusses radiation levels at IAAP's Lake Mathes.


By CHRISTINIA CRIPPES
Burlington Hawkeye (IA)
July 19, 2012

Questions from a regular attendee of the quarterly Restoration  
Advisory Board meeting led to the discovery of high levels of uranium  
in the groundwater near the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant's Lake Mathes.

The remediation goal is 0.827 picoCuries per liter. The sampling  
results were up to 6.98 picoCuries per liter. Though it's not a  
source of drinking water, the maximum drinking water contaminant  
level is 15 picoCuries per liter, and the sample results were up to  
164.07 picoCuries per liter.

The results - there was no contamination above background levels in  
the sediment or surface water in the area around the lake - means the  
ground water in that area will be included in the overall cleanup  
effort on the IAAP grounds.

Despite the additional information, the tests and the findings were  
not exactly what the regular attendee Paula Graham or other advocates  
for the plant's former workers were expecting. And they have more  
questions about the water contamination.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.thehawkeye.com/story/rab-071912

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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