Nuclear energy backers say it’s vital for the fight against global warming. Don’t be so sure (LA Times)
“The 1959 explosion of a sodium-cooled test reactor at the government’s secretive Santa Susana Field…
Are radioactive wildfires next on California’s apocalyptic climate-change guest list? (SF Chronicle)
“In 1959, there was a partial nuclear reactor meltdown at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory…
Fighting to expose the lies (Simi Valley Acorn)
Melissa Bumstead writes in the Simi Valley Acorn, “In regards to the article “Field lab…
Watchdog’s report raises concerns on plutonium at Los Alamos (Santa Fe New Mexican)
““They’ve identified another safety hazard at Los Alamos … and they’re estimating doses that are…
Radioactive contamination is creeping into drinking water around the U.S. (Ensia)
“When Jeni Knack moved to Simi Valley, California, in 2018, she had no idea that…
Harper’s Magazine Reports on the Risky Resurgence of Nuclear Power
“Dwight Eisenhower’s ‘Atoms for Peace’ program, unveiled in 1953, set the optimistic tone for nuclear…
County probes whether dust drifted from contaminated field lab site because of detonations (VC Star)
“The Ventura County Air Pollution Control District is investigating whether dust drifted off the contaminated…
CBG Releases 2021 Newsletter
CBG has released its 2021 annual Newsletter as well as a year end letter by…
Dan Hirsch Presents to National Academies on Low-Dose Radiation
On October 27, 2021, Dan gave a presentation to a committee of The National Academies…
Olney: California breaks promise to clean up radioactive pollution from nuclear meltdown (KCRW)
Warren Olney, who first broke the Santa Susana Field Lab story on KNBC-4 in 1979,…