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February 14, 2019

Study shows no leaking radiation from underground nuke test site on Alaska island

  • The government conducted three nuclear tests on Amchitka Island in the 1960s and 1970s.
    • By RACHEL D’ORO
    Associated Press

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The latest round of testing on Alaska's remote Amchitka Island found no radioactive material has leaked from locations where the federal government conducted underground nuclear tests there decades ago, a federal official said Tuesday.

    Environmental samples tested in 2016 show no subsurface migration of radioactive material, said Jason Nguyen with the U.S. Department of Energy. Samples tested in 2011 also showed no “excessive risk” was found, he said. The department funds sample testing conducted on the island every five years.


     
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