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The Navy waited 11 months to alert locals that airborne plutonium at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard had exceeded safety standards, raising transparency concerns.

The former Navy base conducted studies on the impact of nuclear weapons after World War II, leaving the site contaminated with radioactive material that is still being cleaned up.

The surrounding Bayview-Hunters Point community has questioned the Navy’s competence to safely remediate the site given past scandals.

San Francisco — More than a half century after the U.S. ignited 67 atomic weapons in the the central Pacific Ocean, a former Navy base in the Bay Area continues to carry that nuclear legacy.

Last week, residents

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