Searching for radioactive waste in the depths of the Atlantic – France 24
For nearly five decades, more than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste were dumped in the icy depths of the northeast Atlantic. Today, no one knows precisely where these barrels are located, or what kind of state they are in. On June 15, a French-led team of scientists will set sail from Brittany in a bid to map the barrels and assess their impacts on surrounding marine ecosystems…
Prolonged S.F. shipyard cleanup moves into final phase focused on offshore ‘toxic hot spot’ – the San Francisco Chronicle
An environmental cleanup that, for more than two decades, has sought to cleanse San Francisco’s former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard of its alarming history of radioactive and industrial pollution is on the verge of entering its final phase — underwater….