“S.F. shipyard redevelopment delayed further after Navy agrees to expand toxic cleanup” (San Francisco Chronicle)

“The objects — a 1.5-inch deck marker covered in radium tainted paint that was used to light passageways on ships during the Cold War, and a radioactive piece of glass — were discovered on two swaths of land where the Navy has been re-examining work conducted by its former remediation contractor, Tetra Tech EC, after allegations of fraud in connection with the cleanup surfaced in 2018.

The Navy’s radiological retesting plan for those sites had previously been limited to one-third of the areas where Tetra Tech EC carried out its remediation work. But, the recent discoveries “led to the decision to excavate 100% of Parcels B and C,” David Bennett, the Navy’s spokesperson for the cleanup, told the Chronicle.”

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