NAVFAC which is now denying that Radium was purposely buried on Navy Bases, gave the orders to do just that in June 1974. NAVFAC should not be in charge of cleaning up its own messes.
1974 NAVFAC orders to dispose of Radium at San Francisco
Category: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
1978 EIS Appendix C-5 Alpha Field Survey
1978 Environmental Impact Statement for the Army to build a brand new Chemical, Biological and Radiological Training Facility with references to the training at Treasure Island. These are the Course instructions, how they did it, what they measured out, etc.
using Uranium and/or Plutonium in these exerices.
Pu is Plutonium
U is Uranium
Cs is Cesium
Stauffer Chemical in Richmond using Radiological materials as late as 1997
this is alicense amednment which lists the qualifications of a resume for Dr. Edward A. Weck, Head, Molecular Genetics Research which lists his Radiological work at Stauffer Chemical.
Additional industrial experience was gained at Stauffer Chemical Co., Richmond, CA from February 1985 through March 1987 where I served as Assistant Radiation Safety Officer. We had annual presentations on the safe use of radioactivity from our local health physicist and from a New England Nuclear consultant. I worked with 32P and 35S and was responsible with organizing removal of radioactive waste by US Ecology of Hayward, CA.
Stauffer Chemical in Richmond CA processed uranium NRC records 1962
Stauffer Chemical (now Astra Zeneca) had a uranium processing mill in Richmond CA. This is the Atomic Energy Commission license to process and cut uranium for use in Nuclear Weapons. I am placing this article on my Treasure Island page as Stauffer Chemical Company was a supplier for the US Chemical Warfare Service in World War II and after and Treasure Island conducted training using Mustard Gas, a poison gas which was outlawed in the Treaty of Versailles.
Stauffer Chemical Company was immediately to the East of what is now the UC Berkeley Richmond Field Station, which also includes the US EPA Field Laboratory for Region 9 which encompasses California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, the Pacific Islands and Native American toxic waste sites. It is also less than a mile from the California Department of Public Health and all of these locations are within contamination range of the site. Nuclear radatiion can affect lab equipment.
REGULATION OF NATURALLY OCCURRING AND ACCELERATOR-PRODUCED RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
NARA
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
A-Task Force Review NUREG-0301 July 1977
Several lists including the use of radio isotopes and their concentrations in 1977
List of when states took over the regulation of nuclear materials
Cvilian Uses of Radium (Including Radon and RaDEF)
Military Uses of Radium
Selected Accerator-Produced Radionuclides (including some examples of uses)
Primordial Radionuclides
Major Cosmic Ray-Induced Radionuclides
Treasure Island San Francisco lost its Nuclear Regulatory Commission License over incompetency in 1985
In Reference to the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) at Treasure Island, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Inspector wrote the following and the actual document is below: “I explained that it did not appear that he had any experience with radioactive materials” Immediately after this inspection the base sent its Cesium 137 to Oakland for disposal, giving up the ship! They would return a year later with all the forms done and with a new staff.
Here is the surrender of the material to Oakland:
NRC Violations
Treasure Island Navy Base violated NRC Regulations over many years, not checking the devices for leaks and they ignored the NRC until it got to the point where the NAVY had to surrender its Cesium 137 for its training devices in Building 343 in 1985 (above).
The next year the Navy came back with a full staff with all the qualifications necessary to do the job, but up to that point it was all in the hands of people who were not qualified and today we see the result, radioactive materials buried all over the island.
Note the US Treasury also had a facility on Treasure Island that had licenses for radioactive foils, foils just like the ones found under the housing at Treasure Island and it too had NRC Violations, and i will write that in a separate article.
Treasure Island Nuclear Regulatory Commission license dated March 24 1982
VIOLATIONS:
Plutonium Cesium Cobalt and neutron sources used in training at Treasure Island
This document lists the resumes with work experience with Plutonium, Cobalt, Cesium, and other radioactive materials and devices. This is a legal document, subjecting the application to comply with all laws and regulations under penalty of perjury.
The Navy would have you believe that the amounts of radiation are small or it’s just Radium. But the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has licenses for all materials used on Treasure Island by the US Navy, including the dates and signatures of all officials who signed under penalty of perjury. This is just one example of many others but a good example of how the record shows the materials used and when.
I will list the isotopes used, the quantities used, the isotope name and half lives for Robert E Sleever.
Pages 21 and 22 of 151 show the experience of
ROBERT E. SLEEVER
Quality Assurance Calibration Lab
APPLICATION FOR BYPRODUCT MATERIAL LICENSE INDUSTRIAL
US Army White Sands Missile Range (WSMR)
12 July 1982
APPLICATION FOR BYPRODUCT MATERIAL LICENSE INDUSTRIAL
US Army White Sands Missile Range (WSMR)
12 July 1982
| Isotope | Maximum Activity | isotope name | half life |
| Tl208 | Microcuries | Thallium 208 | 3 min |
| Ra226 | Microcuries | Radium 226 | 1685 years |
| Th228 | Microcuries | Thorium 228 | 1.9 years |
| Ba233 | Microcuries | ||
| U235 | Microcuries | Uranium 235 | 7,000,000 years |
| U238 | Microcuries | Uranium 238 | 4.47 years |
| Pu239 | Microcuries | Plutonium 239 | 24110 years |
| Co60 | 30,000 Curies | Cobalt 60 | 5.27 years |
| Cs137 | 30,000 Curies | Cesium 137 | 30 years |
| PuBe | 30,000 Curies | Neutron Source | |
| Mn54 | 30,000 Curies | Manganese 54 | 312 days |
| Co57 | 30,000 Curies | Cobalt 57 | 271 days |
| Zn65 | 30,000 Curies | Zinc 65 | 243 days |
| Kr85 | 30,000 Curies | Krypton 85 | 10.7 years |
| Y88 | 30,000 Curies | Yttrium 88 | 106 days |
| Sr90 | 30,000 Curies | Strontium 90 | 28.9 years |
| Tc99 | 30,000 Curies | Technetium 99 | 2110,000 years |
| Cd109 | 30,000 Curies | Cadmium 109 | 1.26 years |
| I131 | 30,000 Curies | Iodine 131 | 8 days |
| Ba133 | 30,000 Curies | Barium 133 | 10.5 years |
| Tl204 | 30,000 Curies | Thallium 204 | 3.77 years |
| Bi207 | 30,000 Curies | Bismuth 207 | 32.9 years |
| AmBe | 30,000 Curies | Neutron Source |
This is the table for Alfonzo Gonzales. Note the devices listed with the isotopes, these are containers for the isotopes so they can be used to check the counters for accuracy.
The opening three pages of this document:
Treasure Island California 