"Advocates Fear Radioactive Waste From One of California's Most Toxic Sites Could Contaminate More Communities"

#SantaSusana #nuclear #NuclearPower #LA #California #Boeing

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/investigations/radioactive-waste-santa-susana-field-lab-cleanup/3139095/

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/

"Radioactive contamination is creeping into drinking water around the U.S.

As mining, fracking and other activities increase the levels of harmful isotopes in water supplies, health advocates call for tighter controls.

When Jeni Knack moved to Simi Valley, California, in 2018, she had no idea that her family’s new home was within 5 miles of a former nuclear and rocket testing laboratory, perched atop a plateau and rife with contamination. Radioactive cesium-137, strontium-90, plutonium-239 and tritium, along with a mix of other toxic chemicals and heavy metals, are known to have been released at the industrial site through various spills, leaks, the use of open-air burn pits and a partial nuclear meltdown.

Once Knack learned about the Santa Susana Field Laboratory and the unusual number of childhood cancer cases in the surrounding community, she couldn’t ignore it."

@sts @nuclearhumanities #drinkingwater #radiation #SantaSusana #fracking #nuclear

https://ensia.com/features/radioactive-contamination-drinking-water-radium-radon-uranium/

https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/04/hot-water-radioactive-contaminants-are-seeping-into-drinking-water-around-the-us/
#SantaSusana #radiation #water #pollution

RT @LancasterReview@twitter.com: Independent testing conducted by @USNuclearCorp@twitter.com reveals elevated levels of #Radon in the immediate vicinity of the #SantaSusana Field Lab in #SimiValley
http://lancasterweeklyreview.com/woolsey-fire-radiation-toxic-testing
@GreenPeaceUSA@twitter.com #SSFL #Nuclear #Site #WoolseyFire #WoolseyFires #VenturaCounty #Ventura @KimKardashian@twitter.com

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/LancasterReview/status/1063259826451402753

The east bound 118 freeway is now shut down by the #PeakFire.
#SantaSusana #SimiValley via @Anvilhead8@twitter.com

There's a fire at #RockyPeak and #SantaSusana Pass Rd in #SimiValley. The #118Fire is now the #PeakFire.
Info & photo courtesy Dave Toussaint (@engineco16) h/t @DonaldWBond@twitter.com

RT @NicoletteGlazer@twitter.com: #SantaSusana Field Lab and facility has long been considered a contaminated site. It was the site of a nuclear reactor melt down I believe in the 60s & a heavy metal testing facility. #WoolsleyFire carried ashes all around in a massive smoke cloud. This is 30 miles from DWTN. WTF

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NicoletteGlazer/status/1061653311680479232

RT @PSRLA@twitter.com: A statement released by #DTSC failed to assuage community concerns given DTSC’s longtime pattern of misinformation about SSFL’s contamination and its repeated broken promises to clean it up. #SantaSusana #NuclearMeltdownSite #Woolseyfire (2)

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/PSRLA/status/1061062700371861504

RT @LAResistanceNow@twitter.com: As if it isn't scary enough, #WoolseyFire began on the site of #SantaSusana a former #NuclearMeltdownSite. LA Physician group now warning & calling for correction of media reports they say erroneously claim no health risk. #SantaSusana one of most contaminated sites in nation. https://twitter.com/BradleySA/status/1061710784034533376

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/LAResistanceNow/status/1061735390942388224

RT @PSRLA@twitter.com: Last night, the #Woolseyfire burned the contaminated Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL), a former nuclear and rocket engine testing site. Footage showed the fire’s progress through to Oak Park indicates that much of the toxic site burned. #SantaSusana #NuclearMeltdownSite (1)

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/PSRLA/status/1061062561653649408