[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, FORMER SITES: "Army Corps OKs partial cleanup of radioactive waste in Tonawanda [NY] landfill"

[Lenny Siegel]

Army Corps OKs partial cleanup of radioactive waste in Tonawanda landfill

By Nancy A. Fischer
Buffalo News (NY)
November 2, 2017
	
 
The federal government will remove less Manhattan Project radioactive wastes from a closed Town of Tonawanda landfill than state and local officials wanted.

But local officials said this week they're relieved the Army Corps of Engineers plans to do at least something.

The Corps says that its  remediation – which includes removing a 5-foot layer of soil — is a cost-effective solution that will protect residents in nearby homes in the City of Tonawanda and others for 1,000 years.

The 55-acre former landfill is located north of Interstate-290, adjacent to homes on Hackett Drive in the City of Tonawanda and an industrial park owned by the town.

Soil in the landfill contains elevated levels of radioactive material, including uranium, believed to be from wastes from the World War II era Manhattan Project – which produced America's first nuclear weapons. Elevated levels of uranium have also been found in groundwater leeching from the landfill.

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For the entire article, see
http://buffalonews.com/2017/11/02/partial-cleanup-enough-for-tonawanda-landfill-with-radioactive-contamination-army-corps-says/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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