“Nuclear safety advocates said the larger concern is the increased frequency that employees are being contaminated through mishaps or even normal workdays as the lab pushes to make pits that can detonate warheads. ‘This is not a one-off. This is…

“For decades, a 6-acre site known as the “burn pit” at the Santa Susana Field Lab near the crest of the Simi Hills at the western border of the San Fernando Valley was used by Rocketdyne workers who dumped large…

The California Department of Toxic Substance Control recently released a Remedial Action Workplan for the cleanup of the ‘burn pit’ at the Santa Susana Field Lab. The Work Plan is woefully inadequate, planning to leave toxins at levels high enough…

Today, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and Committee to Bridge the Gap issued a press release revealing that the proposed cleanup at the Santa Susana Field Lab (SSFL) would leave in place toxins at levels seriously harmful to wildlife,…

Dan Hirsch and Dale Bridenbaugh – the former General Electric nuclear engineer who, in 1975, disclosed safety problems with the GE Mark I reactor design that was used for 5 of the 6 reactors at Fukushima – provided comments to…

“Residents urged the Ventura County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 17 not to backtrack on its commitment to the well-being of the community and to move forward with legal action against the state. … At the Oct. 17 meeting, Larry…

“Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board voted 4 to 0 to approve new regulations for certain pollutants in a five-year stormwater permit for runoff from the Santa Susana Field Lab in southeastern Ventura County near Simi Valley, during a…

“At its Sept. 28 meeting in Ventura, the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board delayed till its Oct. 19 meeting a decision on renewing a five-year permit governing water runoff from the contaminated Santa Susana Field Lab in eastern…

“A watchdog group issued a report last month saying that two highly toxic chemicals are not being monitored at the Santa Susana Field lab and potentially can leak into the Los Angeles River. Local water officials, however, say they’ve since…

“Two highly toxic chemicals polluting a former Nasa research site are also probably contaminating the Los Angeles River and aquifer from which the region’s agricultural growers draw their water, watchdog groups and a whistleblower charge. The Santa Susana field laboratory…

“Ventura County Public Health Officer Dr. Robert Levin spoke at a hearing of the state Board of Environmental Safety in Sacramento last week on the subject of the Santa Susana Field Lab, a rocket- and nuclear-testing site near Simi Valley.…