Recent News
Trump’s EPA moving to loosen radiation limits
The SF Chronicle reports: The Trump administration is quietly moving to weaken U.S. radiation regulations, turning to scientific outliers who argue that a bit of radiation damage is actually good for you — like a little bit of sunlight.
Concerned about cancer risks from Cold War era, parents, residents rally to clean-up Santa Susana Field Lab
The Daily News Reports: https://www.dailynews.com/2018/10/03/concerned-about-cancer-risks-from-cold-war-era-parents-residents-rally-to-clean-up-santa-susana-field-lab/
Navy’s Hunters Point retesting plan draws on questionable cost-cutting study
The SF Chronicle reports: The U.S. Navy’s latest promise to clean up radioactive soil and buildings at its former San Francisco shipyard relies on an earlier Navy effort to remove less radioactivity in order to cut costs, The Chronicle has learned.
Radioactive object found near homes at Hunters Point shipyard
The SF Chronicle reports: A highly radioactive object has been discovered at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard next to a housing area that has been declared safe and free of radioactive contamination for more than a decade, The Chronicle…
Critique by the Committee to Bridge the Gap of the Navy’s Draft Five-Year Review Hunters Point Naval Shipyard
Click here to read the entire critique. (PDF) Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA, also known as Superfund), the Navy is required every Five-Years to review the protectiveness of cleanup remedies at the Hunters Point…
Residents rip officials for latest delay of Santa Susana Field Lab cleanup
The VC Star reports: Officials of the state department overseeing the long-planned cleanup of the contaminated Santa Susana Field Laboratory got an earful Saturday from activists frustrated with the latest delay in starting the remediation.
READ: California State Lands Commission’s Draft Environmental Impact Report for Decommissioning the San Onofre Nuclear Plant
CBG and other groups lodged their comments with the California State Lands Commission: At the core of environmental review are two key requirements: a thorough analysis of the full range of potential environmental impacts from the proposed action, and a…
Surfers Taking a Stand Against San Onofre’s Nuclear Waste Storage
Read the surfer.com report: If you surf along the coast of Southern California, you’re likely aware that Southern California Edison is working to transport large amounts of spent nuclear fuel from the now-offline San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) into…
There’s renewed anger in Chatsworth, Simi Valley, over Santa Susana Field Lab clean-up
The Daily News reports: Frustrated with the pace of cleanup of a former rocket engine test site on the border of San Fernando and Simi valleys, area residents have stepped up their call for the safe disposal of hazardous and…
Toxic Relationship: The Fraud at Hunters Point
Click here to read the report by the SF Weekly: Not far from the radioactive soil of Hunters Point, city environmental engineer Amy Brownell sits stoically in a room full of people who want her fired. Someone tells her she should protect herself…
Simi Valley residents protest city proposal to use groundwater over contamination concerns
Fox 11 reports: Protesters gathered in Simi Valley Monday evening to speak out against a city proposal to use ground water as another source of drinking water, citing concerns about contamination. In 1959, the Santa Susana field lab in the…