GALVESTON, Texas — A World War II-era Liberty Ship converted to a barge- mounted nuclear reactor will be towed to Galveston to be scrapped.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans a public hearing for Tuesday in Galveston to detail the plan for the scrapping of the USS Sturgis.
Hans Honerlah is a Corps of Engineers health physicist and program manager. He tells the Galveston County Daily News (http://bit.ly/1w56dwc) that Galveston was chosen for the scrapping because of its proximity to facilities that accept the sort of low- level radioactive and other toxic waste to be removed from the ship.
He also said it was safer to tow the ship to Galveston than to remove the waste at its present James River berth in Virginia and ship it by truck or rail across country.
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Information from: The Galveston County Daily News, http://www.galvnews.com
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