Author: CBG
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NASA wants nuclear-contaminated Santa Susana site to be made a historic landmark
In what some have described as a cynical attempt by a U.S. government agency to avoid a long-promised cleanup of toxic and radioactive contaminants, NASA has nominated the Santa Susana...
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Hunters Point Testing May Defy US Rules
Watch the news story below. To read the full article click here.
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Revisions to Hunters Point Radiation Testing Report Draw Fire
NBC Bay Area reports. Read the story here.
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Supervisors recommend rejection of NASA effort to have field lab declared cultural site
Read the Ventura County news report here.
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Environmentalists Fault Sending ‘Very Low Level’ Nuclear Waste to Landfills
Click here to read the article.
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Critics alarmed by US nuclear agency’s bid to relax rules on radioactive waste
Read the article here. “This would be the most massive deregulation of radioactive waste in American history,” said Dan Hirsch, president of the Committee to Bridge the Gap, a nuclear...
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Advocates raise questions about proposal to allow some nuclear waste to be disposed in landfills
Read the article here. “What they’re trying to do is prop up a failing industry so that the cost of decommissioning these [nuclear] reactors is reduced so you don’t have...
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CBG’s Dan Hirsch Receives Earth Day Award From Ventura County
Click here to read the news release (pdf)
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NRC Proposes Allowing Nuclear Waste at Dumps, Recycling Sites
The NRC is proposing a new way for the nuclear industry to dispose of its waste. Read the article here.
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George Rembaum, 94, co-founder of Rocketdyne Cleanup Coalition, Dies; Long Time Fighter for Cleanup of Santa Susana Field Laboratory
George Rembaum, who helped found the Rocketdyne Cleanup Coalition in 1989 and fought ever after for the cleanup of the site, died March 22. “He was a gentle, thoughtful, compassionate...
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Dan Hirsch on SF Chronicle’s ‘Toxic’ podcast
Dan Hirsch became a watchdog after his UCLA students wanted to look for nuclear activity in L.A. He figured they'd find nothing. They found a radiation leak next door.@toxicpodcastApple: https://t.co/tyZxIimxp3Stitcher:...
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The Great Majority of Hunters Point Sites Were Never Sampled for Radioactive Contamination (Report 2)
October 2018 Read the full report here. In part two of our Hunters Point Shipyard (HPS) report series, CBG reveals significant flaws and shortcomings in the U.S. Navy’s cleanup...
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Hunters Point Shipyard Cleanup Used Outdated and Grossly Non-Protective Cleanup Standards (Report 3)
October 2018 Click here to read the full report. Summary: In this report, CBG details the outdated standards and the public health risks associated with the cleanup of the Hunters...
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Statement by Dan Hirsch Regarding Proposed Changes to EPA’s Radiation Protection Standards for the Uranium Fuel Cycle
Statement by Daniel Hirsch Before the Radiation Advisory Committee of the Science Advisory Board, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Regarding Proposed Changes to EPA’s Radiation Protection Standards for the Uranium...