[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: "No radiation detected" at the former Tar Heel Army Missile Plant (NC)

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

After investigation, state health, environmental officials say no radiation detected at former missile plant in Burlington

By Lisa Sorg  
The Pulse (NC)
February 16, 2023

Two state agencies are investigating a report of high levels of radiation at the former Tar Heel Army Missile Plant in Burlington, Policy Watch has confirmed. The vacant facility at 204 N. Graham-Hopedale Road is known locally as Western Electric, a former tenant of the building. The 22-acre site has been abandoned for 30 years.

Last week, the Division of Radiation Protection, which is under the state Department of Health and Human Services, received information from an “urban explorer” who had stood at the entrance at one of the underground tunnels with a dosimeter, an instrument that measures radiation exposure.

The dosimeter showed 2.5 rems per hour, according a screenshot of the measurement inside the tunnel shared with Policy Watch.. Rems is short for Roentgens per hour, the unit of measurement for radioactivity.

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For the entire article, see
https://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2023/02/16/state-health-environmental-officials-investigating-report-of-radioactivity-at-former-missile-plant-in-burlington/#sthash.GKykQEYq.dpbs

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