[CPEO-MEF] National Lead, Colonie, ANY - more DU contamination found

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

More uranium-tainted soil found
Cleanup of former National Lead plant in Colonie may be delayed by discovery

By JORDAN CARLEO-EVANGELIST
Albany Times Union (NY)
April 25, 2006

COLONIE -- Workers have uncovered more radioactively contaminated soil 
beneath a defunct Central Avenue munitions plant than expected, a 
discovery that could end hopes of completing the main cleanup at the old 
National Lead site by September, officials said.

The find, made during excavation about 30 days ago, does not show 
increased levels of radioactivity or pose a direct threat to public 
health, said James Moore, project manager for the New York District of 
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, but it does indicate that more soil is 
polluted, and at greater depth, than officials anticipated.

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The contaminant, Moore said, is uranium-238, also known as depleted 
uranium, a radioactive isotope used at the site in producing armor and 
weapons.

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For the entire article, see
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=474982&category=ALBANY&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=4/25/2006
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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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