Boeing’s Demolition of a California Nuclear Testing Facility Has Nearby Families Worried About Cancer

Local concerns over ‘mini-Chernobyl’ radioactive site demolition in US echo UK MoD plans to decommission at least 7 nuclear subs in Fife, with houses less than 1 mile away and downwind, by methods 1 000 times more dangerous than US methods

From Inside Climate News, yesterday: Boeing has almost completed the demolition of five buildings at its infamous Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Southern California, even as concerns mount among nearby families about potential health harms. The buildings at the former Rocketdyne facility—where one of the worst nuclear meltdowns in U.S. history took place in 1959—were once used for Cold War-era nuclear energy research. Larry Yee, the former cha…

Boeing’s Demolition of a California Nuclear Testing Facility Has Nearby Families Worried About Cancer

Ventura County said local regulators do not require specific dust control measures as the buildings are torn down, despite the site's troubled history and worries over radioactivity. By Steven Rodas, Nina Dietz Boeing has almost completed the demolition of five buildings at its infamous Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Southern California, even as concerns mount among nearby families about potential health harms.