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Inside Climate News: California Officials Scrambled as Spring Wildfire Neared Former Nuclear Reactor Site, Emails Show
As the Sandy Fire approached the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in May, state and local officials had to move quickly to assess how safe the air was amid radiation concerns as the fire burned a quarter mile from the contaminated area.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12082026/california-sandy-fire-santa-susana-nuclear-site-safety/
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Inside Climate News: California Officials Scrambled as Spring Wildfire Neared Former Nuclear Reactor Site, Emails Show
As the Sandy Fire approached the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in May, state and local officials had to move quickly to assess how safe the air was amid radiation concerns as the fire burned a quarter mile from the contaminated area.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12082026/california-sandy-fire-santa-susana-nuclear-site-safety/
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@HistoPol @mina @si_irini @evelynefoerster
"Rapidly Growing California Wildfire Threatens Contaminated Nuclear Reactor Site"
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@HistoPol @mina @si_irini @evelynefoerster
"Rapidly Growing California Wildfire Threatens Contaminated Nuclear Reactor Site"
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Sorry for your loss, but, wow, that you have a family connection to that nuclear disaster is amazing.
OFC, IDK if your relative was based in #CA, but if you listen to the whole pod of @appassionato, I'm quite sure that you will finally find out how and why it happened.
The coincidence of your relative's plight and the #SSFL incident are just too much, also the whole industry seems to have had #UCLA as the nucleus of this economic Diamond 💎,... -
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Sorry for your loss, but, wow, that you have a family connection to that nuclear disaster is amazing.
OFC, IDK if your relative was based in #CA, but if you listen to the whole pod of @appassionato, I'm quite sure that you will finally find out how and why it happened.
The coincidence of your relative's plight and the #SSFL incident are just too much, also the whole industry seems to have had #UCLA as the nucleus of this economic Diamond 💎,... -
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The truth finally emerged in 1979 when UCLA college students forensic-audited obscure archives and uncovered photographs of the melted fuel rods. Today, Boeing and its consultants' technical calculations dispute these high contamination claims, sparking a battle of models over the true fallout. Still, the baseline facts remain undisputed: a reactor melted, and the public was systematically lied to.#SantaSusana #NuclearAccidents #meltdown #coverup #LA #SSFL #UCLA
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The truth finally emerged in 1979 when UCLA college students forensic-audited obscure archives and uncovered photographs of the melted fuel rods. Today, Boeing and its consultants' technical calculations dispute these high contamination claims, sparking a battle of models over the true fallout. Still, the baseline facts remain undisputed: a reactor melted, and the public was systematically lied to.#SantaSusana #NuclearAccidents #meltdown #coverup #LA #SSFL #UCLA
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Independent scholars estimate the radioactive iodine release from the SRE meltdown could have been up to 250 times greater than the 1979 disaster at Three Mile Island. Yet, contractors and the federal government successfully executed a highly coordinated cover-up. Weaponizing Cold War patriotism, officials enforced an absolute gag order on workers, hiding the incident behind deceptive press releases for 20 years. -
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Independent scholars estimate the radioactive iodine release from the SRE meltdown could have been up to 250 times greater than the 1979 disaster at Three Mile Island. Yet, contractors and the federal government successfully executed a highly coordinated cover-up. Weaponizing Cold War patriotism, officials enforced an absolute gag order on workers, hiding the incident behind deceptive press releases for 20 years. -
A GIFT TO THE CHILDREN OF SANTA SUSANA, LA
#SantaSusana #NuclearAccidents #meltdown #coverup #LA #SSFL #TCE #radioactivity #fallout #contamination #children #wildfires #SandyFire #activists
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A GIFT TO THE CHILDREN OF SANTA SUSANA, LA
#SantaSusana #NuclearAccidents #meltdown #coverup #LA #SSFL #TCE #radioactivity #fallout #contamination #children #wildfires #SandyFire #activists
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In the meantime, you can watch a brief trailer here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puxOB5BHbKE
Or a technical short:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/btnARcMFkHQ
about the Santa Barbara Field Laboratory, but best watch the full documentary In the Dark Valley (2021).
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In the meantime, you can watch a brief trailer here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puxOB5BHbKE
Or a technical short:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/btnARcMFkHQ
about the Santa Barbara Field Laboratory, but best watch the full documentary In the Dark Valley (2021).
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This intense grassroots mobilization has fueled an incredible petition with over 600,000 signatures, demanding that the government and current site owners take real accountability and fully clean up the Santa Susana Field Laboratory once and for all.How much longer will these communities be forced to pay the price for secrets kept 60 years ago?
#TheEarthGazer #SantaSusana #NuclearAccidents #LA #SSFL #SRE #hibakusha #children
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This intense grassroots mobilization has fueled an incredible petition with over 600,000 signatures, demanding that the government and current site owners take real accountability and fully clean up the Santa Susana Field Laboratory once and for all.How much longer will these communities be forced to pay the price for secrets kept 60 years ago?
#TheEarthGazer #SantaSusana #NuclearAccidents #LA #SSFL #SRE #hibakusha #children
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These families have shared deeply moving symbols like Beads of Courage, where every single glass bead a child receives physically represents a painful medical milestone—such as enduring chemotherapy or a blood transfusion.#SantaSusana #NuclearAccidents #LA #SSFL #SRE #hibakusha #children
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These families have shared deeply moving symbols like Beads of Courage, where every single glass bead a child receives physically represents a painful medical milestone—such as enduring chemotherapy or a blood transfusion.#SantaSusana #NuclearAccidents #LA #SSFL #SRE #hibakusha #children
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The Human Cost: Beads of CourageThe response from the local communities to this invisible, multi-generational threat has been profound. Local parents, such as Melissa Bumstead, whose own daughter battled a rare leukemia, began using everyday tools like Facebook and Google Maps to map out clusters of sick children right in their own neighborhoods.
#SantaSusana #NuclearAccidents #LA #SSFL #SRE #hibakusha #children
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The Human Cost: Beads of CourageThe response from the local communities to this invisible, multi-generational threat has been profound. Local parents, such as Melissa Bumstead, whose own daughter battled a rare leukemia, began using everyday tools like Facebook and Google Maps to map out clusters of sick children right in their own neighborhoods.
#SantaSusana #NuclearAccidents #LA #SSFL #SRE #hibakusha #children
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This process lofts 60-year-old legacy radioactive particles straight into the smoke plumes, weaponizing the pollutants and carrying them far into the air columns. Even when emergency crews heroically achieve 100% containment on a blaze, the smoke passing over the area causes extreme, justified anxiety, requiring the active deployment of hazardous materials and radiation monitoring teams to track the air quality. -
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This process lofts 60-year-old legacy radioactive particles straight into the smoke plumes, weaponizing the pollutants and carrying them far into the air columns. Even when emergency crews heroically achieve 100% containment on a blaze, the smoke passing over the area causes extreme, justified anxiety, requiring the active deployment of hazardous materials and radiation monitoring teams to track the air quality. -
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Today, this legacy remains an active threat through what researchers call the "incinerator chimney effect". When a massive wildfire—such as the recent Sandy Fire—tears through the area, the intense heat vaporizes the contaminated soil and plant life.#SantaSusana #NuclearAccidents #LA #SSFL #SRE #hibakusha #contamination
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Today, this legacy remains an active threat through what researchers call the "incinerator chimney effect". When a massive wildfire—such as the recent Sandy Fire—tears through the area, the intense heat vaporizes the contaminated soil and plant life.#SantaSusana #NuclearAccidents #LA #SSFL #SRE #hibakusha #contamination
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running down intermittent streams past a children's camp (the Brandeis-Barden Institute) and directly into the headwaters of the Los Angeles River. This pulls a toxic path directly into the watersheds and residential backyards of half a million people living within just 10 miles of the site.#SantaSusana #NuclearAccidents #LA #SSFL #SRE #hibakusha #contamination
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running down intermittent streams past a children's camp (the Brandeis-Barden Institute) and directly into the headwaters of the Los Angeles River. This pulls a toxic path directly into the watersheds and residential backyards of half a million people living within just 10 miles of the site.#SantaSusana #NuclearAccidents #LA #SSFL #SRE #hibakusha #contamination
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Gravity’s Revenge & The Incinerator Chimney EffectBecause the lab sits on a mountain plateau with no physical barrier holding back the pollution, inescapable physics dictate the flow of contamination. When it rains, rainwater washes heavy metals and mixed fission products out of the saturated soil...
#SantaSusana #NuclearAccidents #LA #SSFL #SRE #hibakusha #contamination #radioactive
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Gravity’s Revenge & The Incinerator Chimney EffectBecause the lab sits on a mountain plateau with no physical barrier holding back the pollution, inescapable physics dictate the flow of contamination. When it rains, rainwater washes heavy metals and mixed fission products out of the saturated soil...
#SantaSusana #NuclearAccidents #LA #SSFL #SRE #hibakusha #contamination #radioactive
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• Open Burn Pits: Hazardous materials were disposed of by dragging 55-gallon drums of toxic chemicals to open pits and literally shooting them with rifles to ignite them, creating huge plumes of toxic smoke.
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• Open Burn Pits: Hazardous materials were disposed of by dragging 55-gallon drums of toxic chemicals to open pits and literally shooting them with rifles to ignite them, creating huge plumes of toxic smoke.
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A Toxic Cocktail
Beyond the nuclear fallout, decades of environmental negligence created a massive chemical hazard:• Rocket Engine Testing: The site hosted over 30,000 high-powered rocket engine tests.
• Groundwater Contamination: Workers routinely flushed these engines with a highly toxic solvent called TCE, trapping half a million gallons of it in the groundwater.
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A Toxic Cocktail
Beyond the nuclear fallout, decades of environmental negligence created a massive chemical hazard:• Rocket Engine Testing: The site hosted over 30,000 high-powered rocket engine tests.
• Groundwater Contamination: Workers routinely flushed these engines with a highly toxic solvent called TCE, trapping half a million gallons of it in the groundwater.
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Instead of alerting the public, leadership ordered workers to quietly vent radioactive noble gases into the atmosphere through large garage-type doors over a period of weeks. The cover-up was absolute, with workers commanded to stay completely silent; the full truth only began to surface 20 years later when UCLA students uncovered buried documents in 1979. -
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Instead of alerting the public, leadership ordered workers to quietly vent radioactive noble gases into the atmosphere through large garage-type doors over a period of weeks. The cover-up was absolute, with workers commanded to stay completely silent; the full truth only began to surface 20 years later when UCLA students uncovered buried documents in 1979. -
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The 1959 Secret Meltdown
In July 1959, an absolute disaster struck the site’s Sodium Reactor Experiment (SRE). A cooling agent called Tetralin leaked, clogging vital coolant channels and causing 13 of the reactor's 43 nuclear fuel elements to severely overheat and melt. -
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The 1959 Secret Meltdown
In July 1959, an absolute disaster struck the site’s Sodium Reactor Experiment (SRE). A cooling agent called Tetralin leaked, clogging vital coolant channels and causing 13 of the reactor's 43 nuclear fuel elements to severely overheat and melt. -
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The Hidden Fortress & Terrible LogisticsBuilt in the 1950s and 60s, the #SSFL plateau sat nestled behind massive rocky hills that acted as a giant natural wall, completely masking top-secret nuclear and rocket testing operations from the public eye. Despite an official study ranking #SantaSusana fifth or sixth for safety due to terrible meteorological conditions that could easily carry radioactive materials into populated areas, the site was selected anyway.
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The Hidden Fortress & Terrible LogisticsBuilt in the 1950s and 60s, the #SSFL plateau sat nestled behind massive rocky hills that acted as a giant natural wall, completely masking top-secret nuclear and rocket testing operations from the public eye. Despite an official study ranking #SantaSusana fifth or sixth for safety due to terrible meteorological conditions that could easily carry radioactive materials into populated areas, the site was selected anyway.
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BEADS OF COURAGE
What happens when a modern, raging wildfire collides with America’s most secretive Cold War nuclear site? Based on In the Dark Valley (2021) documentary, this explainer unpacks the hidden history and active environmental threats of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL), located just 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
#SantaSusana #NuclearAccidents #LA #SSFL #SRE #hibakusha #children
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BEADS OF COURAGE
What happens when a modern, raging wildfire collides with America’s most secretive Cold War nuclear site? Based on In the Dark Valley (2021) documentary, this explainer unpacks the hidden history and active environmental threats of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL), located just 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
#SantaSusana #NuclearAccidents #LA #SSFL #SRE #hibakusha #children
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#SouthernCalifornia #wildfires force evacuations, and one is threatening a #nuclear facility
Evacuations remain in place for fires burning in #Ventura and #Riverside counties. The Sandy Fire in #SimiValley is burning near the #SantaSusanaFieldLaboratory, a former #NuclearReactor site, raising #AirQuality concerns.
By Emilee Speck, AccuWeather staff writer
Published May 21, 2026 1:08 PM EDT | Updated May 22, 2026 12:04 PM EDT
Excerpt: "Due to the Sandy Fire’s proximity to the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, a former nuclear reactor and rocket testing facility, officials are conducting air quality monitoring around the fire perimeter.
" 'Monitoring equipment has been proactively deployed to establish background air quality readings and to help assess conditions should the fire advance further into the area,' according to CAL Fire. 'At this time, the fire has not crossed into the Field Laboratory property.'
"Nuclear cleanup continues more than 50 years after a nuclear reactor mishap at the #Rocketdyne site. Fire crews are prioritizing the protection of the facility and the surrounding communities. "
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#SouthernCalifornia #wildfires force evacuations, and one is threatening a #nuclear facility
Evacuations remain in place for fires burning in #Ventura and #Riverside counties. The Sandy Fire in #SimiValley is burning near the #SantaSusanaFieldLaboratory, a former #NuclearReactor site, raising #AirQuality concerns.
By Emilee Speck, AccuWeather staff writer
Published May 21, 2026 1:08 PM EDT | Updated May 22, 2026 12:04 PM EDT
Excerpt: "Due to the Sandy Fire’s proximity to the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, a former nuclear reactor and rocket testing facility, officials are conducting air quality monitoring around the fire perimeter.
" 'Monitoring equipment has been proactively deployed to establish background air quality readings and to help assess conditions should the fire advance further into the area,' according to CAL Fire. 'At this time, the fire has not crossed into the Field Laboratory property.'
"Nuclear cleanup continues more than 50 years after a nuclear reactor mishap at the #Rocketdyne site. Fire crews are prioritizing the protection of the facility and the surrounding communities. "
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California
Sandy fire burns near former nuclear test site, triggering air monitoring efforts
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".. fire is burning near a toxic waste area in the Simi Valley where a partial nuclear meltdown once took place, sparking concerns about the potential for contaminants to be released should the area catch fire."
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-21/sandy-fire-burns-near-former-nuclear-test-site-officials-monitor-airagain and again and again ..
#AEC #Atomkraft #Atommüll #BurnPit #contamination #DOE #Kernenergie #NuclearPower #NuclearWaste #Rocketdyne #SimiValley #SRE #SSFL #USA
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California
Sandy fire burns near former nuclear test site, triggering air monitoring efforts
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".. fire is burning near a toxic waste area in the Simi Valley where a partial nuclear meltdown once took place, sparking concerns about the potential for contaminants to be released should the area catch fire."
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-21/sandy-fire-burns-near-former-nuclear-test-site-officials-monitor-airagain and again and again ..
#AEC #Atomkraft #Atommüll #BurnPit #contamination #DOE #Kernenergie #NuclearPower #NuclearWaste #Rocketdyne #SimiValley #SRE #SSFL #USA
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.. Rocketdyne wollte das Zeugs u.a. aus dem Sodium Reactor Experiment (SRE) Testreaktor loswerden und fand das so am "Bequemsten". Zahlreiche Krebstote unter den Ausführenden.
Ob man das bei den so supertollen neuen Flüssigsalzreaktoren dann wohl anders macht? Ach, ich vergaß, angeblich gibt es dann ja fast keinen Atommüll mehr ... (ist natürlich Quatsch)
#Atomkraft #Atommüll #Atomquatsch #Geschichte #Kernenergie #Natrium #Sodium #SRE #SSFL
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.. Rocketdyne wollte das Zeugs u.a. aus dem Sodium Reactor Experiment (SRE) Testreaktor loswerden und fand das so am "Bequemsten". Zahlreiche Krebstote unter den Ausführenden.
Ob man das bei den so supertollen neuen Flüssigsalzreaktoren dann wohl anders macht? Ach, ich vergaß, angeblich gibt es dann ja fast keinen Atommüll mehr ... (ist natürlich Quatsch)
#Atomkraft #Atommüll #Atomquatsch #Geschichte #Kernenergie #Natrium #Sodium #SRE #SSFL
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Auf Atommüll schießen? Mir scheint, der Menschheit ist keine Idee abwegig genug, um sie nicht wiederholt an mehreren Stellen unseres Planeten auszuprobieren.
Auf dem Gelände des Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) schoss man auf natriumhaltige Müllbehälter, um sie in sg. Sodium Burn Pits (real Teiche) zum Brennen (Natrium + Wasser ..) zu bringen. ..
#Atomkraft #Atommüll #Atomquatsch #Geschichte #Kernenergie #Natrium #Sodium #SRE #SSFL
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Auf Atommüll schießen? Mir scheint, der Menschheit ist keine Idee abwegig genug, um sie nicht wiederholt an mehreren Stellen unseres Planeten auszuprobieren.
Auf dem Gelände des Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) schoss man auf natriumhaltige Müllbehälter, um sie in sg. Sodium Burn Pits (real Teiche) zum Brennen (Natrium + Wasser ..) zu bringen. ..
#Atomkraft #Atommüll #Atomquatsch #Geschichte #Kernenergie #Natrium #Sodium #SRE #SSFL
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Im nördlich von Los Angeles gelegenen Santa Susana Field Laboratory (#SSFL) kam es 1959 zu einer 30-prozentigen #Kernschmelze: Wegen eines verstopften Kühlkanals schmolzen zwischen dem 12. und dem 26. Juli 1959 in dem Testreaktor „Sodium Reactor Experiment“ 13 von 43 Brennelementen.
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Im nördlich von Los Angeles gelegenen Santa Susana Field Laboratory (#SSFL) kam es 1959 zu einer 30-prozentigen #Kernschmelze: Wegen eines verstopften Kühlkanals schmolzen zwischen dem 12. und dem 26. Juli 1959 in dem Testreaktor „Sodium Reactor Experiment“ 13 von 43 Brennelementen.
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Sites with #radioactive material more vulnerable as #ClimateChange increases #wildfire, #flood risks
By TAMMY WEBBER
Updated 1:04 AM EDT, May 22, 2024"As #Texas #wildfires burned toward the nation’s primary #NuclearWeapons facility, workers hurried to ensure nothing flammable was around buildings and storage areas.
"When the fires showed no sign of slowing, #Pantex Plant officials urgently called on local contractors, who arrived within minutes with bulldozers to dig trenches and enlarge fire breaks for the sprawling complex where nuclear weapons are assembled and disassembled and dangerous #plutonium pits — hollow spheres that trigger nuclear warheads and bombs — are stored."
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"Dozens of active and idle laboratories and manufacturing and #military facilities across the nation that use, store or are contaminated with radioactive material are increasingly vulnerable to #ExtremeWeather. Many also perform critical energy and defense research and manufacturing that could be disrupted or crippled by fires, floods and other disasters.
"There’s the 40-square-mile #LosAlamos National Laboratory in #NewMexico, where a 2000 wildfire burned to within a half mile (0.8 kilometers) of a #RadioactiveWaste site. The heavily polluted #SantaSusana Field Laboratory [#SSFL] in Southern #California, where a 2018 wildfire burned 80% of the site, narrowly missing an area #contaminated by a 1959 partial #NuclearMeltdown. And the #plutonium-contaminated #Hanford nuclear site in #Washington, where the U.S. manufactured #AtomicBombs.
"'I think we’re still early in recognizing climate change and ... how to deal with these extreme weather events,' said Paul Walker, program director at the environmental organization Green Cross International and a former staff member of the House Armed Services Committee. 'I think it’s too early to assume that we’ve got all the worst-case scenarios resolved ... (because) what might have been safe 25 years ago probably is no longer safe.”
#WaterIsLife #NoNukes #NoDumping #FutureGenerations #NoWar #NoNuclearWeapons #RethinkNotRestart #NuclearWaste
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Sites with #radioactive material more vulnerable as #ClimateChange increases #wildfire, #flood risks
By TAMMY WEBBER
Updated 1:04 AM EDT, May 22, 2024"As #Texas #wildfires burned toward the nation’s primary #NuclearWeapons facility, workers hurried to ensure nothing flammable was around buildings and storage areas.
"When the fires showed no sign of slowing, #Pantex Plant officials urgently called on local contractors, who arrived within minutes with bulldozers to dig trenches and enlarge fire breaks for the sprawling complex where nuclear weapons are assembled and disassembled and dangerous #plutonium pits — hollow spheres that trigger nuclear warheads and bombs — are stored."
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"Dozens of active and idle laboratories and manufacturing and #military facilities across the nation that use, store or are contaminated with radioactive material are increasingly vulnerable to #ExtremeWeather. Many also perform critical energy and defense research and manufacturing that could be disrupted or crippled by fires, floods and other disasters.
"There’s the 40-square-mile #LosAlamos National Laboratory in #NewMexico, where a 2000 wildfire burned to within a half mile (0.8 kilometers) of a #RadioactiveWaste site. The heavily polluted #SantaSusana Field Laboratory [#SSFL] in Southern #California, where a 2018 wildfire burned 80% of the site, narrowly missing an area #contaminated by a 1959 partial #NuclearMeltdown. And the #plutonium-contaminated #Hanford nuclear site in #Washington, where the U.S. manufactured #AtomicBombs.
"'I think we’re still early in recognizing climate change and ... how to deal with these extreme weather events,' said Paul Walker, program director at the environmental organization Green Cross International and a former staff member of the House Armed Services Committee. 'I think it’s too early to assume that we’ve got all the worst-case scenarios resolved ... (because) what might have been safe 25 years ago probably is no longer safe.”
#WaterIsLife #NoNukes #NoDumping #FutureGenerations #NoWar #NoNuclearWeapons #RethinkNotRestart #NuclearWaste
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Ob wohl wer mit Wikipedia-Zugang den Schmarrn
"Unter anderem wurden am SSFL die Saturn-Raketen für die Apollo-Missionen gebaut (Rocketdyne),"
aus
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Susana_Field_Laboratory
rauswerfen kann?Raketenproduktion am SSFL? Nein. Triebwerktests? Ja.
Siehe z.B. https://ssfl.msfc.nasa.gov/files/documents/factsheets/Space_History_at_SSFL_2010-04-28.pdf
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Ob wohl wer mit Wikipedia-Zugang den Schmarrn
"Unter anderem wurden am SSFL die Saturn-Raketen für die Apollo-Missionen gebaut (Rocketdyne),"
aus
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Susana_Field_Laboratory
rauswerfen kann?Raketenproduktion am SSFL? Nein. Triebwerktests? Ja.
Siehe z.B. https://ssfl.msfc.nasa.gov/files/documents/factsheets/Space_History_at_SSFL_2010-04-28.pdf
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Massive #SantaSusana Lab #Contamination Deliberately Hidden Since 1981
By Michael Collins • on April 30, 2023
"This active conspiracy to deceive the public has lasted 42 years. Thousands of pages of documents have revealed shocking tales of #environmental crimes that are all the more alarming considering that #NASA will leave most of its deadly goo behind, fouling the water and land for hundreds of years to come. That land is now surrounded by over 700,000 residents within ten miles."
Read more:
https://www.enviroreporter.com/2023/04/massive-santa-susana-lab-contamination-deliberately-hidden-since-1981/#Rocketdyne #NoNukes #NoWar #MilitaryIndustrialComplex #Pollution #WaterIsLife #California #MeierCanyon #Boeing #DOE #SantaSusanaFieldLab #SSFL
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Massive #SantaSusana Lab #Contamination Deliberately Hidden Since 1981
By Michael Collins • on April 30, 2023
"This active conspiracy to deceive the public has lasted 42 years. Thousands of pages of documents have revealed shocking tales of #environmental crimes that are all the more alarming considering that #NASA will leave most of its deadly goo behind, fouling the water and land for hundreds of years to come. That land is now surrounded by over 700,000 residents within ten miles."
Read more:
https://www.enviroreporter.com/2023/04/massive-santa-susana-lab-contamination-deliberately-hidden-since-1981/#Rocketdyne #NoNukes #NoWar #MilitaryIndustrialComplex #Pollution #WaterIsLife #California #MeierCanyon #Boeing #DOE #SantaSusanaFieldLab #SSFL
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Why Is the #SantaSusana #Nuclear Accident Still Being Covered Up?
Excavating Six Decades of Buried Secrecy, Neglect, and Flat-Out Lies in the #SanFernando Valley
By Warren Olney, January 13, 2022
"The Field Lab (#SSFL) opened in 1947, at the onset of the Cold War, and the reactor accident happened in 1959. The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and a nuclear contractor kept it secret for 20 years, but there was no denying the evidence we revealed on local TV, discovered in AEC archives by the watchdog group Committee to Bridge the Gap.
"Today, that accident is still news, as Gov. Gavin Newsom appears to be backing away from enforcing a cleanup of nuclear contamination that remains on the site. Sixty-three years since the accident, Santa Susana should remind us of the perils not only of nuclear materials but also of our short memories. This story’s hardest lesson is that when dangerous secrets get buried you often have to keep excavating them, over and over.
"Over the years, #residential development moved closer to the Field Lab, but no one ever told the public about the release of radioactive contamination which would remain dangerous for thousands of years. In 1989, a local newspaper reported on secret government studies showing extensive contamination at the site. That drew attention from unsuspecting homeowners, and a community group called the #Rocketdyne Cleanup Coalition sprang up to oppose re-licensing of site facilities. Nuclear operations at Santa Susana finally halted in 1990."
Read more: https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2022/01/13/santa-susana-nuclear-accident/ideas/essay/
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Why Is the #SantaSusana #Nuclear Accident Still Being Covered Up?
Excavating Six Decades of Buried Secrecy, Neglect, and Flat-Out Lies in the #SanFernando Valley
By Warren Olney, January 13, 2022
"The Field Lab (#SSFL) opened in 1947, at the onset of the Cold War, and the reactor accident happened in 1959. The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and a nuclear contractor kept it secret for 20 years, but there was no denying the evidence we revealed on local TV, discovered in AEC archives by the watchdog group Committee to Bridge the Gap.
"Today, that accident is still news, as Gov. Gavin Newsom appears to be backing away from enforcing a cleanup of nuclear contamination that remains on the site. Sixty-three years since the accident, Santa Susana should remind us of the perils not only of nuclear materials but also of our short memories. This story’s hardest lesson is that when dangerous secrets get buried you often have to keep excavating them, over and over.
"Over the years, #residential development moved closer to the Field Lab, but no one ever told the public about the release of radioactive contamination which would remain dangerous for thousands of years. In 1989, a local newspaper reported on secret government studies showing extensive contamination at the site. That drew attention from unsuspecting homeowners, and a community group called the #Rocketdyne Cleanup Coalition sprang up to oppose re-licensing of site facilities. Nuclear operations at Santa Susana finally halted in 1990."
Read more: https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2022/01/13/santa-susana-nuclear-accident/ideas/essay/
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In The Valley of the Dark
A Documentary from 2021:
A group of mothers discovers that the Santa Susana Field Laboratory was the site of one of the most significant nuclear accidents in United States history and may have exposed their children and their community to cancer-causing hazardous waste."In 1959, an unconfined partial meltdown of a sodium reactor at the #SantaSusanaFieldLab caused such a devastating radiation leak, that many consider it to be the worst #nuclear disaster in U.S. history. Studies have shown that the radiation released at #SSFL was 260 times greater than the radiation released at Three Mile Island.
"Located just 30 miles from Downtown, #LosAngeles, the meltdown was concealed from the public eye for 20 years before being uncovered and the contamination never fully eradicated. The partial meltdown unveiled decades of negligence and unsafe handling of extremely #toxic #radioactive and #chemical materials.
"The affected community has demanded a full cleanup of the area for decades, but they’re receiving pushback from the sites #corporate and government landowners, as these juggernauts and their persuasive #lobbyists have successfully stalled any hope of a cleanup. Until Recently."
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In The Valley of the Dark
A Documentary from 2021:
A group of mothers discovers that the Santa Susana Field Laboratory was the site of one of the most significant nuclear accidents in United States history and may have exposed their children and their community to cancer-causing hazardous waste."In 1959, an unconfined partial meltdown of a sodium reactor at the #SantaSusanaFieldLab caused such a devastating radiation leak, that many consider it to be the worst #nuclear disaster in U.S. history. Studies have shown that the radiation released at #SSFL was 260 times greater than the radiation released at Three Mile Island.
"Located just 30 miles from Downtown, #LosAngeles, the meltdown was concealed from the public eye for 20 years before being uncovered and the contamination never fully eradicated. The partial meltdown unveiled decades of negligence and unsafe handling of extremely #toxic #radioactive and #chemical materials.
"The affected community has demanded a full cleanup of the area for decades, but they’re receiving pushback from the sites #corporate and government landowners, as these juggernauts and their persuasive #lobbyists have successfully stalled any hope of a cleanup. Until Recently."