Category: Radioactive Waste
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Trump’s EPA moving to loosen radiation limits
The SF Chronicle reports: The Trump administration is quietly moving to weaken U.S. radiation regulations, turning to scientific outliers who argue that a bit of radiation damage is actually good...
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Concerned about cancer risks from Cold War era, parents, residents rally to clean-up Santa Susana Field Lab
The Daily News Reports: Concerned about cancer risks from Cold War era, parents, residents rally to clean-up Santa Susana Field Lab
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Navy’s Hunters Point retesting plan draws on questionable cost-cutting study
The SF Chronicle reports: The U.S. Navy’s latest promise to clean up radioactive soil and buildings at its former San Francisco shipyard relies on an earlier Navy effort to remove less radioactivity...
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Radioactive object found near homes at Hunters Point shipyard
The SF Chronicle reports: A highly radioactive object has been discovered at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard next to a housing area that has been declared safe and free...
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Critique by the Committee to Bridge the Gap of the Navy’s Draft Five-Year Review Hunters Point Naval Shipyard
Click here to read the entire critique. (PDF warning) Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA, also known as Superfund), the Navy is required every Five-Years to...
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Residents rip officials for latest delay of Santa Susana Field Lab cleanup
The VC Star reports: Officials of the state department overseeing the long-planned cleanup of the contaminated Santa Susana Field Laboratory got an earful Saturday from activists frustrated with the latest...
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Surfers Taking a Stand Against San Onofre’s Nuclear Waste Storage
Read the surfer.com report: If you surf along the coast of Southern California, you’re likely aware that Southern California Edison is working to transport large amounts of spent nuclear fuel...
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There’s renewed anger in Chatsworth, Simi Valley, over Santa Susana Field Lab clean-up
The Daily News reports: Frustrated with the pace of cleanup of a former rocket engine test site on the border of San Fernando and Simi valleys, area residents have stepped...
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Toxic Relationship: The Fraud at Hunters Point
Click here to read the report by the SF Weekly: Not far from the radioactive soil of Hunters Point, city environmental engineer Amy Brownell sits stoically in a room full of people who...
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Long-planned cleanup of Santa Susana Field Lab delayed again, activists disappointed
Read the VC Star report here. The long-planned cleanup of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, site of a 1959 partial nuclear meltdown, has again been delayed, disappointing but not surprising cleanup activists.