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The At TCAAP ATK said it used DU penetrators were manufactured by Nuclear Metals in Concord Massachusetts the government to melt and shipped to TCAAP for ATK to assemblecast DU penetrators ( Jim Persoon, NRC meeting 3/31/2004 Arden Hills, MN). Nuclear Metals is now The information on Alliantactions website about the [[Starmet Corporation]]. origin of DU cannot be verified[http://www.circlevision.org/alliantaction/atk/scoop/scoopindex.html]
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And while clean up and decomissioning of ATK's license at TCAAP is still going on,, pollution elsewheer continues: Alliant Techsystems recently won new ammunition contracts worth $38 million, as published in the Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE April 7, 2004 p. D2:
Alliant Techsystems Inc., Edina, said it received new contracts in excess of $38 million from the U.S. Army's Armament Research Development and Engineering Center at the Picatinny Arsenal, N.J. Under the contracts, Alliant will provide 120 millimeter tactical ammunition for the Army's M1A1 main battle tanks. Deliveries will be completed by November 2005. The project manager of Maneuver Ammunition Systems manages the contract for the Army and Marine Corps.
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As Alliant has removed all references to uranium or depleted uranium in its public notices, web pages and press releases, we can at this point only infer that the newest contracts are for uranium weapons or penetrates that contain uranium 238- until an investigative reporter picks up the story...
DU was made into metal by Nuclear Metals in Concord Massachusetts. Nuclear Metals is now the [[Starmet Corporation]].
DU by Nuclear Metals in Concord were not shipped to TCAAP for ATK to assemble.
"[[Alliant Techsystems]] is the largest supplier of all munitions to the U.S. Department of Defense, and works on many DoD contracts, including large and small caliber munitions employing depleted uranium penetrators" --[http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms/reports/smallarms.htm ARMS TRADE RESOURCE CENTER, November 2000]
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"But while defense contractors profit handsomely, their neighbors are exposed to radioactive waste. Starmet Corp. -- among the Army's largest supplier's of DU weapons -- dumped 400,000 pounds of uranium and heavy metals into an unlined holding pond in Concord, Massachusetts, polluting soil and groundwater. Faced with a massive cleanup, Starmet filed for bankruptcy last year -- leaving taxpayers with cleanup costs estimated at $50 million. Cleanup at the Twin Cities Army Ammunitions Plant in suburban Minneapolis, littered with DU shells manufactured by Alliant, is expected to cost $235 million." [http://feedthefish.org/blog/materials/johnson.html Hillary Johnson, Rolling Stone, October 2, 2003 ]
