Radioactive Emissions Close Road, Mining Area
The U.S. Forest Service has closed a Stanislaus National Forest road and an abandoned uranium mine area after determining that several rocks in the area were emitting high radiation levels.
Employees closed the Juniper uranium mine and Forest Road 5N33 about two miles west of Kennedy Meadows Resort on Tuesday after environmental engineers found that waste rocks were emitting more radiation than they had in the past.
The rocks emitting gamma radiation, the most lethal form of radioactivity, will be placed in the mine, which then will be filled with rocks and dirt, said Jerry Snyder, a Forest Service spokesman.
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