[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, FORMER SITES: Amchitka Island Projects

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Team Goes Above and Beyond to Complete Amchitka Island Projects

Office of Legacy Management
U.S. Department of Energy
October 3, 2022

In May, a team of experts sent to Alaska by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management to conduct maintenance and repair work on Amchitka Island accomplished their mission and then some.

The Alaskan island is not easy to get to.  Surrounded by a rugged coastline of sea cliffs and grassy slopes, Amchitka Island is over 1,300 miles west-southwest of Anchorage, near the end of the Aleutian Island chain. Today, the uninhabited island is part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge and access is restricted.

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During the late 1960s and 1970s, the U.S. government conducted three underground nuclear tests on the island. Drilling for the three nuclear test sites and the three emplacement/exploratory locations generated large quantities of drilling mud, which consisted of water, diesel fuel, and other additives.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.energy.gov/lm/articles/team-goes-above-and-beyond-complete-amchitka-island-projects

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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