Why part of Long Beach remained at Puget Sound

Did residual radioactivity prevent the remaining section of Long Beach from being scrapped?

Probably not. The ship had been defueled about 25 years earlier, and administrative inertia is suggested instead, without a detailed disposal account.

A comment notes that part of Long Beach's hull remained at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and asks whether radioactivity delayed its disposal. The ship had been defueled about 25 years earlier, making that explanation unlikely. Administrative inertia is offered as the likelier cause, although the brief exchange gives no disposal record or technical explanation. The answer is therefore tentative.