[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, REUSE: "Radioactive Objects Found at San Francisco's [CA] Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Raise New Concerns"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Radioactive Objects Found at San Francisco's Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Raise New Concerns

By Ezra David Romero
KQED (San Francisco, CA)
December 7, 2023

The U.S. Navy said it detected another piece of radioactive material — a chip of glass smaller than a dime — during recent routine testing at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco.

The discovery, announced this week, is the latest in a steady drip of troubling findings at one of the city’s most ambitious redevelopment projects. It comes just months after the Navy reported finding a radioactive deck marker, the size of a silver dollar, that once guided ships at night.

The discoveries raise fresh questions about the city’s plans to build thousands of homes on one of the nation’s largest and most polluted Superfund sites amid ongoing cleanup efforts.

In response, community members with Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice and attorneys with UC Berkeley’s Environmental Law Clinic on Thursday announced their intention to sue the Navy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to properly clean up toxic and radioactive waste at the shipyard.

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For the entire story, see
https://www.kqed.org/science/1985646/radioactive-object-found-at-san-franciscos-hunters-point-naval-shipyard-raises-new-concerns

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Lenny Siegel
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