[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, CLOSURE: "Army to halt environmental tests at" Jefferson Proving Ground (IN)

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army to halt environmental tests at Ind. firing range


by Charlie White
Louisville Courier-Journal (KY)
December 2, 2014

LOUISVILLE - After years of testing water and soil at the old  
Jefferson Proving Ground in Southern Indiana, the Army is seeking  
permission to end its federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission license -  
leaving an estimated 162,040 pounds of depleted uranium projectiles  
and thousands of unexploded artillery shells at the firing range.

If permission is granted, the Army also would be allowed to stop  
environmental testing at the 2,080-acre hot zone, which was used to  
test an array of weaponry from World War II all the way through 1995.  
The uranium munitions, used to penetrate armored vehicles during  
Operation Desert Shield and other campaigns, were tested there during  
the 1980s and '90s.

"The Army never thought much about the future," said Mike Moore, 72,  
a member of the Jefferson Proving Ground Heritage Partnership who  
worked at the site for the Army until 1994. "They just wanted to test  
the ammunition. ... No thought was given that you've ruined this land  
forever."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2014/12/02/army-halt- 
tests-jpg-firing-range/19803587/


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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