![]() ![]() The Navy has been preparing since 1993 to hand over Treasure Island to the city, which has agreed to pay $105 million for it. The Navy prepared its draft report in response to concerns voiced by state regulators, who pressed for details after cleanup workers found radioactive waste in unexpected locations. ![]() In a 2006 report, the Navy maintained that two sites where the now-dismantled ship was located were free of radiation, but the new report acknowledges that may not be true. 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.Īnother potential source of contamination was a training ship the Navy intentionally doused with low-level radiation so sailors could practice scrubbing it clean. Internal e-mails and documents the Bay Citizen obtained reveal the Navy's cleanup was riddled with mistakes. The latest findings appear likely to complicate the environmental cleanup and construction on Treasure Island. Photo taken OctoBill Young/San Francisco Chronicle Show More Show Less It put on a show too, as its crew of sailors set off the vessel's sprinkling system to demonstrate how to wash down the hull and superstructure after going through radioactive fallout. The dry-land ship at right is the USS Pandemonium. Then this black could soared to 600 feet before turning in to a doughnut and dispersing. The make-believe atomic bomb was composed of 300 gallons of napalm, 300 pounds of TNT, and phosphorous and smoke grenades touched off by a blasting cap electrically detonated, it sent up a fireball 150 feet in diameter. yesterday on Treasure Islands as the Navy set off a mock nuclear explosion for some 200 scientists attending the closing session of a symposium on medial problems of modern warfare. ![]() Liz Hafalia/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 5 of26 A good imitation of the atomic blast's mushroom cloud was created at 9 a. The health department alleged a Navy contractor might have inadvertently exposed children to radioactive dust at a Boys & Girls club and at a child development center on the island. The boys are part of the Boys & Girls club. and 13th Ave, a block from the Boys & Girls club on Treasure Island, Calif., on Thursday, August 16, 2012. 3 of26 4 of26 The Duran family including dad Tony Duran (left) playing ball and his sons Seth Duran (red cap), 12 years old, Michael Duran (white shirt), 11 years, and Nathan Duran (right, hanging), 9 years old, while waiting at a bus stop on Gateway St. ![]()
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