Whistleblower Group Ramps Up Scrutiny Of Navy’s Hunters Point Cleanup

A group representing federal whistleblowers is ramping up scrutiny of the Navy’s cleanup of radiation waste at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (HPNS) in San Francisco, petitioning the service’s inspector general to investigate officials’ allegedly inaccurate statements downplaying contamination and suing EPA for documents related to testing and cleanup at the Superfund site. “The Navy has not come clean about the amount of radiological waste remaining at Hunters Point,” Jeff Ruch, Pacific director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility...