radioactive materials to leak into the ocean. A 1996 Greenpeace study found that Cannikin was leaking both plutonium and americium into the environment. In 2004, scientific divers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks collected shallow subtidal organisms and reported that "There were no indications of any radioactive leakage, and all that was really wonderful news." Similar findings are reported by a 2006 study, which found that levels of plutonium "were very small and not significant biologically". The Department of Energy continues to monitor the site as part of their remediation program. This is expected to continue until 2025, after which the site is intended to become a restricted access wildlife preserve. References Further reading Hunter, Robert. The Greenpeace to Amchitka An Environmental Odyssey. Vancouver, B.C.: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2004. Sense, Richard G., and Roger J. Desautels. Amchitka Archaeology Progress Reports. Las Vegas, Nev: Holmes & Narver, Inc. 1970. External links Home page of USS Worden (DD 352) A U.S. Navy destroyer that sank during the landing at Amchitka, January 12, 1943. Contains eyewitness accounts of the landings. The following links are to Department of Energy films about the Amitchka test facility. The videos include footage of the tests. The Amchitka Program () Project Long Shot () The Milrow Test () Project Cannikin Review () Amchitka Island Remediation Activities The following links are to current articles from the Anchorage Daily News about the Cannikin test. Why a bomb test in the Aleutians still strikes fear in workers 46 years later Veterans pay the cost for U.S. nuclear tests Aleutian Islands campaign American nuclear weapons testing American nuclear test sites Rat Islands Former populated places in Alaska Nuclear test sites Uninhabited islands of Alaska Islands of Unorganized Borough, Alaska Islands of Alaska