SUMMARY OF MOHAWK RIVER RADIOACTIVITY
last update January 20, 2001
- 1955 KAPL BEGINS DUMPING RADIOACTIVITY INTO MOHAWK RIVER-- UPSTREAM OF MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY
- 1964 KAPL DISCOVERS AFTER 9 YEARS OF DUMPING THAT RADIOACTIVITY NOT GOING TO ATLANTIC OCEAN BUT INTO MOHAWK RIVER SEDIMENT
- 1969 KAPL SURVEY OF MOHAWK RIVER FIND'S SEDIMENT 1700% ABOVE UPSTREAM RADIOACTIVE BACKGROUND FOR AT LEAST 7 MILES DOWNSTREAM
- 1974 NY STATE DREDGES MOHAWK RIVER AND CARRIES RADIOACTIVE SEDIMENT TO UNKNOWN LOCATION
- 1977 KAPL RIVER SURVEY CLAIMS THAT CS-137 IN FISH IS COMING FROM UPSTREAM BACKGROUND AND NOT FROM KAPL'S 1700% HIGHER DOWNSTREAM CONTAMINATION
- 1988 KAPL ISSUES SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT TO PUBLIC THAT STATES RECORDS SHOW A TOTAL OF 150 CURIES OF RADIOACTIVITY WERE DUMPED INTO MOHAWK RIVER
- EMPLOYEES AND EX- EMPLOYEES STATE THAT DUMPING WAS OFTEN MANY TIMES 150 CURIES IN A SINGLE DISCHARGE AND NOT RECORDED. A SINGLE INCIDENT OF 6000 CURIES IS REPORTED AFTER NY STATE AUTHORITIES NOTIFY KAPL THAT A DOWNSTREAM MONITORING STATION IS OUT OF SERVICE. KAPL USES THE OPPORTUNITY TO DUMP THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF SPRU WASTE INTO MOHAWK RIVER
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