More radioactive waste discovered on DP Road | LAMonitor.com: Department of Energy officials recently notified the New Mexico Environment Department that more radioactive waste was found on DP Road on May 18, in addition to radioactive waste that was discovered in February in the same general area.
The new waste was discovered 80 feet south of a parcel of land located approximately halfway down DP Road on the right side, heading eastbound. The land the new waste was discovered on was transferred from the Department of Energy to Los Alamos County in 2018.
Samples collected by Triad National Security identified the waste as containing Uranium 234 and Uranium 238. Officials aren’t sure of the level of radioactivity as the material is still being tested by Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The discovery of the waste was part of an initial National Nuclear Security Administration investigation started in February, when a county subcontractor discovered radioactive waste while digging a ditch for a sewage pipe Feb. 14. The pipe was for two housing projects currently being built on DP Road. The properties, one a senior housing development and the other for low income housing are being built by the same developer, Bethel Development Corporation.
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