[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: Edgewood Area, Aberdeen Proving Ground (MD)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army says no risks from radioactive material found at APG's Edgewood  
area

BY ALLAN VOUGHT
Baltimore Sun
February 21, 2013

The Army will hold a public information meeting in Edgewood next week  
to go over its findings in connection with a former salvage site on  
Aberdeen Proving Ground, where a small amount of radioactive material  
was found beginning in 2009.

The material - 17 small radioluminescent devices most likely used by  
the Navy to illuminate the outline of ships' decks or repair docks at  
night - was found in an area known as G Street Salvage Yard on the  
Edgewood Area of APG, according to a fact sheet the Army released  
last week.

In the fact sheet, the Army said it has concluded that the  
radioactive material in the devices has not adversely affected the  
environment and no remedial action is required at the site or in  
surrounding soil or groundwater.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/harford/aberdeen-havre-de- 
grace/ph-ag-apg-radioactive-material-0220-20130221,0,2643963.story

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Lenny Siegel
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a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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