The estimated future cost to clean up 19 sites contaminated by nuclear waste from the Cold War era has risen by nearly $1 billion in the past seven years. That's according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
FILE - Coldwater Creek flows, April 7, 2023, in Florissant, Mo. A new report released on Tuesday, Oct. 17, by the Government Accountability Office says that future cleanup cost of 19 sites contaminated by Cold War era nuclear waste has risen $1 billion since a 2016 estimate. The sites include Coldwater Creek in suburban St. Louis, which was contaminated in the 1950s and 1960s when waste was dumped there.
U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, noted that more than two-fifths of the sites are near low-income and minority communities. The Corps of Engineers reported about $2.6 billion in future costs associated with FUSRAP, according to its fiscal year 2022 financial statement — nearly $1 billion higher than 2016 estimates. The report said yearly inflation adjustments contributed to about half of the increased cost.
The report noted that FUSRAP sites vary from roughly a single acre to a site made up of 2,400 acres . Contamination largely consists of low levels of uranium, thorium, radium and associated decay products. The CDC’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease says exposure over a long period may result in anemia, cataracts and other health conditions.
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