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High Level Radioactivity in Groundwater at Santa Susana
Excessive levels of radioactive Tritium have been found in water wells drilled near the site of a nuclear reactor, which melted down in 1959. It-s in the Santa Susanna Mountains, between the San Fernando and Simi Valleys. The federal government has promised to clean up decades of nuclear and chemical contamination, and Boeing, which currently owns the land, wants to make it available for residential development. This latest discovery highlights a dispute between two federal agencies about whether the site will ultimately be clean enough for residential development. The Environmental Protection Agency says the site won-t be safe enough. Warren Olney speaks with the head of a nuclear watchdog group and a project manager from the Department of Energy, which is responsible for the clean up. Making News: Student Fee Hikes at UC, CSU The University of California Regents voted 14-to-2 today to raise undergraduate fees by 14 percent. They join the State Universities- Board of Trustees which passed a similar increase by a vote of 10-to-1. Michelle Maitre, who writes about higher education for the Oakland Tribune, says administrators acted to protect the caliber of university programs. Reporter-s Notebook: A Soldier's Reflections on Returning from Iraq
By Warren Olney • • 30m ListenExcessive levels of radioactive Tritium have been found in water wells drilled near the site of a nuclear reactor, which melted down in 1959. It-s in the Santa Susanna Mountains, between the San Fernando and Simi Valleys. The federal government has promised to clean up decades of nuclear and chemical contamination, and Boeing, which currently owns the land, wants to make it available for residential development. This latest discovery highlights a dispute between two federal agencies about whether the site will ultimately be clean enough for residential development. The Environmental Protection Agency says the site won-t be safe enough. Warren Olney speaks with the head of a nuclear watchdog group and a project manager from the Department of Energy, which is responsible for the clean up.
Student Fee Hikes at UC, CSU
The University of California Regents voted 14-to-2 today to raise undergraduate fees by 14 percent. They join the State Universities- Board of Trustees which passed a similar increase by a vote of 10-to-1. Michelle Maitre, who writes about higher education for the Oakland Tribune, says administrators acted to protect the caliber of university programs.
A Soldier's Reflections on Returning from Iraq
UC Regents approve student fee increase
Cal State University System Trustees increase student fees
California Postsecondary Education Commission
Governor Schwarzenegger's higher education budget compromise
Maitre's article on fee hikes at CSU, UC
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tritium
DOE press release on cleanup of Energy Technology Engineering Center
California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSE) report on Santa Susanna
