Radioactive Material Cleaned from Boise Apartment
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Low-level radioactive material is being cleaned from an apartment complex in Boise, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is investigating.
Authorities say workers on Monday are cleaning a third-floor apartment at The Renaissance at Hobble Creek as well as radioactive material found on stairs and a sidewalk.
Greg Weigel of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says there is no threat to the public.
He says the two apartment occupants for unknown reasons were trying to separate radioactive material from store-bought goods such as smoke detectors. Their names haven’t been released.
Boise police say there wasn’t enough material for a criminal violation.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokeswoman Lara Uselding says an inspector went to the apartment on Wednesday after the agency received a tip.