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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Rohit David

Plutonium Found at Former San Francisco Naval Shipyard – Navy Faces Cover-Up Claims

Navy faces cover-up claims over airborne radiation (Credit: Jaxon Matthews Willis : Pexels)

In a shocking revelation on 27 November 2025, airborne plutonium was detected at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco, sparking Navy cover-up claims amid health risks to the Bayview neighbourhood.

The Superfund site, contaminated from Cold War nuclear activities, showed plutonium-239 levels twice the federal threshold in November 2024 samples, yet the Navy delayed disclosure for 11 months.

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