2009 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:53:03 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: Nevada Test Site monitoring wells
 
Well drilling may confirm contamination

By MARK WAITE
Pahrump Valley Times (NV)
June 12, 2009

Nine wells will be drilled in the Pahute Mesa region of the Nevada Test Site at the suggestion of the NTS Community Advisory Board, to reconfirm computer models that suggest contamination from nuclear testing may migrate off the test site.

The U.S. Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration announced the cost of $5 million to $7 million to drill each well would come in part from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, commonly known as the economic stimulus package.

The drilling is the latest effort in a long-term program to define the location and extent of groundwater contamination from nuclear testing between 1951 and 1992. In a prepared statement, the NNSA states sampling activities have identified contamination near historic nuclear test sites.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2009/Jun-12-Fri-2009/news/29320625.html

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Lenny Siegel
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