Frantic parents fear for kids after radioactive contamination found at Ohio middle school

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17. From local paper

source--https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/top-stories/37702/pike-health-commissioner-calls-out-doe-on-radioactive-materials-found-at-school.

Dated April 25th, 2019

snip--Pike health commissioner calls out DOE on radioactive materials found at school

snip--..."confirmed contamination above ordinary background levels at properties near the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, including adjacent to the Zahn’s Corner Middle School,” Brewster added. “While it is premature to determine the health impacts of the contamination discovered thus far, this forum is the first step we will take to ensure the health and safety of our residents is protected.”

The presence of neptunium in the air at the middle school was first made public by DOE in its 2017 Annual Site Environmental Report (ASER) which was released in January of this year.

The ASER specifically talks about neptunium-237 being found at the school. The ASER states the amount found was 0.08 percent of the acceptable standard for the radioactive material. A vocal opponent of the waste disposal facility, Piketon Village Councilman Dennis Foreman immediately blasted the report of any neptunium at the school, no matter how small the amount. Foreman told the Daily Times there is no logical reason for any radioactive materials to be present in the air near a public middle school."


More at local newspaper & Pike County Ohio Health Comission sites