ALBANY — After a walkover survey discovered barely elevated ranges of gamma radiation in parts of the Albany Bulb, a former landfill turned public park, the town plans to conduct further research of the soil this week.
By way of Might 2, crews might be performing floor investigations of three places the place radioactive supplies, known as alum mud, had been doubtlessly dumped a long time in the past, the town of Albany introduced Friday.
The park will stay open to guests in the course of the investigation, which can contain crews and vehicles touring on or by trails. Metropolis officers ask that the general public pay attention to their environment and keep away from investigation areas.
“The City’s priority is the health and safety of our residents and visitors. The investigation is ongoing, but based on the available information, the City is not aware of any need to take additional actions to protect health and safety,” the town stated in a press release.
An preliminary walkover survey of the park and evaluation of historic information carried out in 2024 by GSI Environmental and Cabrera Providers Inc. discovered it was unlikely radioactive materials was discarded on the Albany Bulb when it was nonetheless working as a public dump and that heightened ranges of radioactivity at a handful of hotspots had been in step with what’s anticipated at former landfills.
Nonetheless, Cabrera Providers really useful three places spanning about 1,950 sq. toes be included in any future investigations, and GSI really useful the town conduct shallow trenching and soil sampling on the websites — however asserted that no additional investigations had been warranted.
Albany spokesperson Brennen Brown has beforehand stated there was not “enough information from the report to reach specific conclusions on public health risk.”
The California Division of Public Well being stated an individual would want to face on a scorching spot for 20 hours to be uncovered to the identical degree of radiation from a single dental x-ray. Nuclear engineer Kai Vetter in contrast the degrees to dwelling in Denver or some seashores in Brazil.
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