Wahi a ka limahana o Grand Canyon National Park, ua uhi nā luna o Park Service i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ahuula o ka uranium radioactive kiʻekiʻe loa i hōʻike ʻia i nā limahana a me nā mea kipa i ka pāhawewe a hiki i nā manawa palekana he 4,000.
Ua hoʻokumu nā luna o ka Pāka ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe i kahi "kuʻikahi huna" e uhi ai i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he ʻekolu pahu nui o ka uranium i mālama ʻia ma ka hale hōʻikeʻike o Grand Canyon no 18 mau makahiki, e hōʻike ana i nā limahana a me nā mākaʻikaʻi Paka like ʻole me nā keiki - i nā pae weliweli o radiation, National Park Service palekana, olakino, a me ke olakino manakia Elston "Swede" Stephenson koi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Stephenson ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e hōʻoia i nā luna o Parks e aʻoaʻo i ka lehulehu i kēlā me kēia mea e kipa ana i ka pūnaewele ma hope o ka 2000 hiki ke hōʻike ʻia i ka radiation i helu ʻia ʻo ia ma nā pae ma luna o 4,000 mau manawa o ka "palekana" o ka Nuclear Regulatory Commission no nā keiki a 400 mau manawa ka pae no nā mākua. , akā "pōhaku ʻia" e ka hoʻokele. Manaʻo ʻo ia ua uhaʻi ke Kākoʻo Park i ke kānāwai ma ka hōʻike ʻole ʻana i ka lehulehu i ka pilikia.
"Me ka mahalo, ʻaʻole ia he moekolohe wale nō e hōʻike ʻole i ko mākou poʻe, akā ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke makaʻu hou i kaʻu palapala olakino (olakino a me ka palekana) ma ka waiho ʻana i kēia e hele hou aku," i kākau ʻo Stephenson i kahi leka uila i nā luna kiʻekiʻe o ka Park Service, hoʻokahi pule ma hope o kona puhi ʻana i ka pupuhi ma ka uhi ʻana o ka uranium i kahi leka uila i nā limahana o ka Park Park, e haʻi ana ua ʻike ʻia lākou i nā pae palekana ʻole o ka pāhawewe.
Ua aʻo ʻia e nā luna pekelala i ka makahiki i hala he ʻekolu mau bakeke ʻelima mau galona i mālama ʻia i loko o ka hale hōʻikeʻike o Grand Canyon e kahe maoli ana me ka uranium radioactive-radioactive. Ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia nā bākeke i ka hale hōʻikeʻike ke wehe ʻia ia i ka makahiki 2000 a piha loa lākou i nā ʻaina ʻaʻole e pani maoli kekahi. Ua mālama ʻia lākou ma kahi o kahi hōʻike taxidermy kahi, wahi a Stephenson, ua kū pinepine nā keiki i nā huakaʻi no nā hōʻike, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kūlana palekana pekelala o ka hōʻike radiation i loko o ʻekolu kekona o ke kū kokoke ʻana i nā pahu. ʻOiai ʻo nā mākua, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia, hiki wale ke kū kokoke i nā pahu no ka hapalua minute ma mua o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā pae palekana ʻole o ka pāhawewe.
Ua ʻike ʻia ka leard radio hoard e kahi ʻōpio me kahi counter Geiger i ka wā o ka mākaʻikaʻi hale hōʻikeʻike a holo koke ʻia ma lalo o ke kapeta, wahi a Stephenson, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ua hoʻolei nā mea loea i ka minia i loko o kahi maina kokoke i Grand Village Village, e hūnā ana i kā lākou heluhelu mika iā ia i nā manawa āpau. ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe nei lākou i ka lekiō radioactive. Hoʻoweliweli i kā lākou hana ʻoihana ʻole, ua kāhea ʻo ia i ka ʻOihana Hoʻomalu Ola a me ka Hoʻomalu, nāna i loaʻa nā pahu hakahaka wale nō - i "wehewehe ʻole ʻia i ka hale" a hāʻawi mau i nā heluhelu radiation nāwaliwali.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ka loea pili aupuni ʻo Emily Davis ʻaʻohe pilikia i kēia manawa i nā limahana o ka pāka a i ʻole ka lehulehu, "akā ua ʻae ʻo ia ua hemo ka uranium, a hōʻole ʻole e kamaʻilio i ke koena o nā ʻōlelo a Stephenson i kāhea ʻia e ka ʻAubelika ʻAlikona.
