ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, March 31, 1991                   TAG: 9103310225
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-7   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: CLEVELAND                                LENGTH: Short

17 YEARS LATER, SALVAGED WOOD IS RADIOACTIVE

A man whose garage was built 17 years ago with lumber salvaged from a uranium processing plant was surprised to learn the wood is still radioactive.

Hank Novak, who obtained the lumber when the former Chemetron Co. plant was remodeled, said he used the wood to build a garage at his home in suburban Parma.

When an Ohio Department of Health worker ran a radiation check on the boards last week, he found they were still radioactive.

A department officer said initial tests showed a radioactivity level too low to be a health hazard. - Associated Press 


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