COPPER PLANT COLLAPSES INTO DETROIT RIVER, PROPERTY CONTAMINATED WITH URANIUM
Sorry about the all-caps headline. NEWSWEEK does their headlines this way and I copy/pasted it. I'm not going to retype it!https://www.newsweek.com/former-revere-copper-plant-collapses-detroit-river-property-contaminated-uranium-wwiis-1475853
Known as the Detroit Dock, the area gave way before Thanksgiving weekend, spilling chemicals upstream from a section of the river from which Detroit gets drinking water.
Michigan's Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) issued a statement saying they did not believe there was any danger.
"We will continue to stay in close communication with EGLE as it continues its investigation," the statement said.
Due to the potential environmental impact on the Great Lakes and the nearby city of Windsor, Canada, New Democratic Party member Brian Masse of the Canadian Parliament believes the incident should be investigated by the International Joint Commission and the governments of the U.S. and Canada.
Revere Copper and Brass is the former owner of the site. During the Manhattan Project, the area was used to help construct the atomic bomb. After World War II and into the 1950s, the area was used to construct uranium rods. In 1989, after the plant had been closed for five years, it was demolished.
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But I love how you typed more than 20 words to explain and apologize for not re-typing 10.
Wait...are you one of my coworkers?
One of my beefs with infrequent posters on DU. Any newly posted headline can and (frequently) should be retyped during the posting process. There's no reason for text to be presented in the all caps font.
"Copper plant" suggests a manufacturing facility fell into the river. That facility has been demolished and gone for decades and it's the ground under where the old plant stood that may still be contaminated.
What I surmise from news reports is that this ground is now being used by Detroit Bulk Storage to store large piles of aggregates (crushed rock, sand, etc.), probably off-loaded from barges and piled on flat ground near the river. Reports suggest a retaining wall or embankment near the huge aggregate piles collapsed into the river, thereby possibly allowing some of the old supporting soil to spill into the river.
Snip from Detroit Free Press:
Not your fault, CousinIT, this was sloppy editorial work by Newsweek.
KY..........
I hate that they do it in clickbait fashion (misleading) and all caps, but didn't feel like rewriting the thing.
Tx for pointing it out! 
two in Canada. As a native Tennessean, we were most familiar with Oak Ridge. Many sites have contamination that will be around forever.
I do recall reading through the years about work done "under the bleachers" at a ball field at the University of Chicago. This is the first I've heard about the work at Revere in Detroit, although they were probably just one of many dozens of contractors involved.
KY..........
And the fishing is great!
Haven’t we seen this somewhere Before?
