Re: [CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: "Navy aims to calm controversy over Magnuson Park contamination, " Seattle, WA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy holds public meeting on radioactive material at Magnuson Park

by KING 5 TV-News (Seattle, WA)
July 18, 2013


The Navy got another chance Thursday night to explain how it will  
clean up radioactive materials at a Seattle’s Magnuson Park and why  
the public was not informed of the problem for three years.

Several dozen neighbors and concerned citizens showed up to hear what  
the Navy had to say.

"We're responsible for the contamination and all we want to do is  
clean it up," said Cindy O'Hare, who is the Navy's Base Realignment  
and Closure Environmental Coordinator.

...

For the entire story, see
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Navy-to-explain-radioactive-cleanup- 
at-Magnuson-Park-at-public-meeting-216096221.html

On Jul 18, 2013, at 2:46 PM, Lenny Siegel wrote:

> Navy aims to calm controversy over Magnuson Park contamination
>
> By Mark Miller
> KOMO News (Seattle, WA)
> July 17, 2013
>
> SEATTLE -- The U.S. Navy is trying to calm the controversy over  
> radiation contamination at Seattle's Magunson Park, where a major  
> environmental cleanup operation is just getting under way.
>
> The Navy gave KOMO News a tour of the contaminated areas of  
> Building 2 at the Sand Point facility where radiation detectors  
> confirm the presence of radium from the paint once used in this  
> former military shop to make aircraft dials glow in the dark.
>
> "We want to make sure the public is safe," said Leslie Yuenger with  
> the U.S. Navy.
>
> The Navy will spend the next six months removing contaminated  
> portions of this building along with soil and trucking out the  
> material in water-tight containers.
>
> ...
>
> For the entire article, see
> http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Navy-aims-to-calm-controversy- 
> over-radiation-contamination-at-Seattles-Magunson-Park-215923931.html
>
> For now the misspelling of Magnuson is the correct link.
>
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>
> Lenny Siegel
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Lenny Siegel
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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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