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After $190M uranium cleanup, feds ask $300K for NL Industries site on Central Avenue
By John Cropley | January 16, 2022
COLONIE — An epilogue may finally be written on one of the largest environmental cleanups in Capital Region history: The federal government is trying to auction off the former National Lead factory site on Central Avenue.
Despite what the name suggests, the contaminant of greatest concern is depleted uranium, not lead. The facility at the Albany border was contaminated with microscopic particles of depleted uranium (DU) to the extent that former employees were still excreting it in their urine 30-plus years after shutdown...
After $190M uranium cleanup, feds ask $300K for NL Industries site on Central Avenue
By John Cropley | January 16, 2022
COLONIE — An epilogue may finally be written on one of the largest environmental cleanups in Capital Region history: The federal government is trying to auction off the former National Lead factory site on Central Avenue.
Despite what the name suggests, the contaminant of greatest concern is depleted uranium, not lead. The facility at the Albany border was contaminated with microscopic particles of depleted uranium (DU) to the extent that former employees were still excreting it in their urine 30-plus years after shutdown...