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The San Francisco Health Department is sounding the alarm over high levels of radioactive plutonium-239 (Pu-239) detected in the air in Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. Plutonium 239 is a radioactive ...

Hunter’s Point Naval Shipyard. Photo by Christopher Michel. Radioactive plutonium was found in the air above Bayview-Hunters Point at twice the federal government’s recommended levels, according to a ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Navy waited 11 months to alert locals that airborne plutonium at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard had exceeded ...

Radioactive materials are found naturally in the Earth. But even so, saying an area is radioactive can conjure up images of things in a science fiction film – green glowing men, deformed animals. In ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The U.S. Navy recently issued an apology to members of San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood for its delayed disclosure of airborne radioactive material in the air. KRON4 spoke ...