US Navy Found High Levels of Airborne Plutonium at Hunters Point, Failed to Mention This for 11 Months

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/10/31/us-navy-found-high-levels-of-airborne-plutonium-at-hunters-point-failed-to-mention-this-for-11-months/The US Navy detected high levels of the radioactive isotope plutonium-239 at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard about a year ago, and the city of SF is wondering why they didn’t get around to informing us until just now.   When we see today’s alarming headline on NBC Bay Area saying “High levels of plutonium detected in San Francisco's Hunters Point,” our first question would be… okay, what is plutonium? Plutonium is a man-made element used in nuclear weapons and nuclear reactors, and it is highly toxic and radioactive. And it’s the latest toxic material detected at the longtime chemically beleaguered Hunters Point Shipyard