The cost to remove depleted uranium drums from the Starmet site will cost $3.1 million more than expected, according to the Department of Environmental Protection.
Crews must remove 3,700 drums of depleted uranium buried at the 46-acre Main Street site, where Nuclear Metals, Inc. once manufactured uranium-tipped bullets.
Because of the increase, the total cost to remove the barrels will hit $8.3 million, according to DEP spokesman Joe Ferson.
The Army agreed to pay for the removal of the drums as part of a settlement reached last year with DEP and the state attorney general's office.
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