Monday, February 07, 2005

Depleted uranium no longer a topic for Jefferson Proving Ground board

Radioactive depleted uranium that the Army left behind at Jefferson Proving Ground won't be discussed anymore by the JPG Restoration Advisory Board.
The reason is that DU never should have been a topic for the board because it doesn't fit into the federal government's definition of what can be addressed by restoration advisory boards at closed military bases, board co-chairman Paul Cloud told board members last night.
Depleted uranium has been a major topic at the JPG board's quarterly meetings. The area at the former munitions testing site that is contaminated with DU is fenced off, and the Army says it can never remove the depleted uranium because the same area contains tons of unexploded ordnance, making removal too dangerous.

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