[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: Marine Helicopter crash site, Kaneohe (HI)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Activist concerned about possible radioactive contamination at  
Kaneohe Sandbar

Reported by Andrew Pereira
KHON TV-2 News (Honolulu, HI)
September 1, 2011

KANEOHE - Environmental activist Carroll Cox says a helicopter that  
crashed onto the Kaneohe Sandbar on the evening of March 29, killing  
one marine and injuring three others, released radioactive material  
into the surrounding area.

Cox says he was informed a week-and-a-half ago by military sources  
that the CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter contained a device known as  
an In-flight Blade Inspection System, or IBIS.  Within the device are  
six half inch pellets that contain the radioactive isotope  
strontium-90, a known carcinogen with a half life of 29 years that’s  
easily absorbed by human bones.

"I'm told by sources that some did contaminate, that meant that these  
capsules were breeched," Cox said in an interview with Khon2.  "I  
would like to see an independent entity sample that area."

...

For the entire story, see
http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/Activist-concerned-about- 
possible-radioactive/G8VSRGqInE6coU7iwYL9Lg.cspx

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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