Radiological contamination has become the great The extent of the danger posed by what lay behind the fences and radiation hazard signs isn’t something the Navy likes to talk about. At public hearings of the Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) – a citizens panel that observes all base cleanup efforts, but takes no action – Navy officials and contractors go to great lengths to say all is well, that there are only a few radioactive sites on the island...
Radiological Contamination
Radioactive contamination at the former Treasure Island Naval Station, where San Francisco plans to build a high-rise community for 20,000 residents, was more widespread than previously disclosed, according to a new Navy report and other documents. Although the Navy and one state agency say cleanup on the island has been effective and the remaining contamination is minimal, the state Department of Public Health expressed alarm about the possibility of lingering radiation as recently as May. The latest findings appear likely to complicate the environmental cleanup and construction on Treasure Island. Internal e-mails and documents the Bay Citizen obtained reveal the Navy's cleanup was riddled with mistakes. The Navy's draft report, dated Aug. 6, marks the first time the military has fully acknowledged that the island, created from landfill in 1937, was used as a repair and salvage operation during the Cold War for ships that may have been exposed to nuclear testing in the Pacific.
Radiation Hazard Zones
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