Golden Rule to visit Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, MD to highlight radiological contamination

Press conference at the Sweden Point Marina in Smallwood State Park this Monday, April 17, at 3:00

- DC Golden Rule Committee

Map shows areas of suspected radiological contamination at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head. The Golden Rule will be docked at the orange X.

Smallwood State Park is adjacent to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, where 90 areas are being investigated for radiological contamination.  Supporters will be gathering this Monday at 3:00 pm. to draw attention to the serious radiological contamination at this site.  

The Golden Rule will be docked in the center of the contamination. (orange X)

The Golden Rule crew spreads the word about the continuing dangers of nuclear power, and the poisoning of the air, water and soil from the entire nuclear cycle, from uranium mining to the disposal of nuclear waste. Read more here. https://vfpgoldenruleproject.org/

See:

FINAL RADIOLOGICAL PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT WORK PLAN NSWC INDIAN HEAD MD  -  07/01/2021: 

Other Indian Head Contaminants

Groundwater:

Aluminum 240,000.0 ppb
Arsenic 100,000.0 ppb  
Barium 1,910,000.0 ppb
Benzo(a)Pyrene 15,10.0 ppb
Benzo(b)Fluoranthene 2,000.0 ppb
Chromium 67,700.0 ppb  
Cobalt 16,000.0 ppb
DDD 9,500.0 ppb   
Heptachlor Epoxide 36.0 ppb  
Iron 242,000,000.0 ppb  
Lead 106,000.0 ppb  
Naphthalene 3,070.0 ppb
Nickel (Soluble Salts) 83,100.0 ppb  
RDX 2,300.0 ppb
Trichloroethylene (TCE) 55,000,000.0 ppb   
Vanadium 199,000.0 ppb  

Surface Water (Fresh):

Arsenic 3,900.0 ppb
Bromodichloromethane 2,000.0 ppb
Iron 7,960,000.0 ppb
Lead 2,600.0 ppb
Manganese and compounds 7,250,000.0 ppb
Perchlorate 620,000.0 ppb

Sediment

Acenaphthene 0.1 ppb  
Anthracene 0.26 ppb
Arochlor 1260 0.16 ppb  
Arsenic 19.2 ppb  
Arsenic 5.8 ppb  
Benz(a)Anthracene 0.71 ppb
Benzo(a)Pyrene 0.49 ppb
Benzo(a)Pyrene 490.0 ppb  
Chromium 21.9 ppb  
Chrysene 0.73 ppb
Copper and compounds 36.1 ppb  
Endrin 0.0021 ppb  
Fluorene 0.11 ppb
Lead 37.0 ppb  
Mercury (Inorganic) 1.3 ppb  
Phenanthrene 0.94 ppb
Zinc 164.0 ppb 

Soil

1,3,5-Trinitrobenzene 0.2 ppb
1,3-Dinitrobenzene 0.851 ppb  
2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene 0.25 ppb
2,4-Dinitrotoluene 0.2 ppb
2,6-Dinitrotoluene 0.2 ppb
Acenaphthene 26.0 ppb
Acenaphthylene 0.6 ppb
Acetone 0.48 ppb
Aluminum 32,400.0 ppb
Anthracene 56.0 ppb
Antimony and compounds 12.2 ppb  
Arsenic 108.0 ppb  
Benz(a)Anthracene 33,000.0 ppb  
Benzene 13.5 ppb  
Benzo(a)Pyrene 42,000.0 ppb  
Benzo(b)Fluoranthene 41,000.0 ppb
Cadmium and compounds 14.8 ppb  
Carbazole 45.0 ppb  
Chromium 1,570.0 ppb 
Chrysene 43,000.0 ppb   
Copper and compounds 370.0 ppb  
Dibenz[ah]anthracene   7,600.0 ppb
Dibenzofuran 9.2 ppb  
Dieldrin 0.04 ppb  
Dinitotoluene 6.0 ppb  
HMX 4.3 ppb
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)Pyrene 27,000.0 ppb  
Iron 41,700.0 ppb   
Lead 3,877.0 ppb  
Lithium 28.3 ppb  
Manganese and compounds 1,700.0 ppb  
Mercury (Inorganic) 22.1 ppb  
Mercury (Methyl) 174.0 ppb  
Naphthalene 330.0 ppb  
Nickel (Soluble Salts) 230.0 ppb
Nitrobenzene 0.2 ppb
Pyrene 22.4 ppb
RDX 0.2 ppb
Silver and compounds 19.5 ppb
Tetryl 0.2 ppb
Thorium 229 (radionuclide) 4,000,000.0 ppb 
Tin 1.7 ppb  
Toluene-2,6-Diamine 130.0 ppb
Vanadium 115.0 ppb  
Zinc 483.0 ppb 

https://projects.propublica.org/bombs/installation/MD3170024109001700 

Source: DOD

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