LA Times Today: Santa Susana nuclear meltdown
LA Times Today featured a segment on SSFL, including an interview with Melissa Bumstead and clips from the forthcoming SSFL
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The dark legacy of a nuclear meltdown, and what it means for climate change (LA Times)
“The ongoing contamination at Santa Susana, and the voices of the mothers fighting for their children’s safety, are a reminder
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California and Boeing Mediating Cleanup Dispute at Former Nuke Site Near Simi Valley, Worrying Activists
\”The state and Boeing have quietly begun mediating the long-planned cleanup of the former Santa Susana Field Laboratory site near […]
UCLA Releases Oral History of Dan Hirsch & CBG
UCLA’s Oral History Program has just released its oral history of Dan Hirsch and Bridge the Gap. in a series […]
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VICTORY—Nuclear Regulatory Commission Withdraws Widely Condemned Proposal to Deregulate Most Radioactive Waste
CBG, working closely with NRDC, PEER, NIRS, and PSR helped lead opposition to an extraordinary plan by NRC to allow […]
In Memoriam: Michael Rose––the Gifted Investigator Who Revealed the Partial Meltdown at Santa Susana
On September 7, 2020, Michael Rose, a dear friend and key Bridge the Gap figure for 45 years, died of complications from a bone marrow transplant for leukemia. He uncovered some of the most important nuclear hazards in the country, which contributed to their elimination. Michael was the best researcher and investigative journalist we have ever met, and a gentle and caring soul, and he will be missed more than words can express.
In Memoriam: Sheldon C. Plotkin, Ph.D., P.E. Served on Bridge the Gap Board for 46 Years
Dr. Sheldon Plotkin, a mainstay of CBG and an unflagging force for science in the public interest, died April 11, 2020, at age 93. He played key roles in the shutdown of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory and the fight to clean it up. He served as an expert witness in the UCLA, Diablo Canyon, and San Onofre nuclear reactor cases. He was central to the establishment and operation of CBG’s longtime partner organization, the Southern California Federation of Scientists.
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Three SF supervisors, environmental groups seek ouster of health official after Chronicle investigation
Three San Francisco supervisors and a group of environmental activists are calling for a city public health official to be
Dozens More Mystery Drone Incursions Over U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Revealed
Drones have been inexplicably appearing over nuclear power plants in the United States, raising security questions. Read the article here.
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CBG and NRDC Comments on NASA’s Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
NASA\’s Final SEIS selected a cleanup alternative that would violate the 2010 legally binding AOC and would leave approximately 72% of […]
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CBG Presentation to the State Historical Resource Commission Regarding Nomination of SSFL as a Cultural District
Click here to view the presentation made by CBG and community members.
CBG and NRDC Comments to the State Historic Resource Commission Opposing Nomination of SSFL as a Cultural District
CBG and NRDC comments on the Trump Administration’s proposal to designate the heavily contaminated Santa Susana Field Laboratory as a
Committee to Bridge the Gap Releases Special Publication Commemorating 50 Years of Work
Read Our 50th Anniversary Newsletter Here Read the Chronicle of CBG’s Half Century of Working to Protect a World at […]
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NASA wants nuclear-contaminated Santa Susana site to be made a historic landmark
In what some have described as a cynical attempt by a U.S. government agency to avoid a long-promised cleanup of
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Hunters Point Testing May Defy US Rules
Watch the news story below. To read the full article click here.
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Revisions to Hunters Point Radiation Testing Report Draw Fire
NBC Bay Area reports. Read the story here.
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Critics alarmed by US nuclear agency’s bid to relax rules on radioactive waste
Read the article here. “This would be the most massive deregulation of radioactive waste in American history,” said Dan Hirsch,
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