[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, FORMER SITES: Sandpoint Naval Air Station (WA) radium

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

More than one radioactive area at Magnuson Park

by GARY CHITTIM
KING 5 News (Seattle, WA)
April 3, 2013


SEATTLE -- A portion of a renovated hangar at Seattleâs Magnuson  
Park is not the only area contaminated by the Navyâs past uses and  
storage of radium paint.



The Navy confirmed Wednesday that a nearby hangar referred to as  
Building 2 also has radioactive contamination confined to rooms where  
sailors applied the paint aircraft gauges so they would glow in the  
dark.


The park was part of the former Naval Air Station Sandpoint which  
operated from the early 1920s until it was decommissioned in 1970.

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For the entire story, see
http://www.king5.com/news/More-than-one-radioactive-area-at-Magnuson- 
Park-201359081.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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