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Study: Radioactive elements reached neighborhoods near Santa Susana Field Lab during Woolsey Fire (Daily News)
“Highly contaminated radioactive particles traveled to residential neighborhoods from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory during the 2018 Woolsey Fire, according to a new study. The peer-reviewed study called “Radioactive microparticles...
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Study: Fire, wind carried radioactive materials from lab to Thousand Oaks (Thousand Oaks Acorn)
“A new study indicates that radioactive material migrated off an old nuclear energy and rocket engine test site in the hills above Simi Valley during the 2018 Woolsey fire and...
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Radioactive Waste Fell On Some LA-Area Neighborhoods During 2018 Woolsey Fire, New Study Shows (NBC)
High levels of radioactive particles landed in neighborhoods from Thousand Oaks to Simi Valley during the massive 2018 Woolsey fire, which started at the contaminated Santa Susana Field Lab, according...
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Study finds radioactive contamination migrated off field lab site during Woolsey Fire (VC Star)
“A new study has found that radioactive contamination migrated from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory site during the 2018 Woolsey Fire into Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks and other neighboring communities. The study...
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MSNBC Films Acquires SSFL Documentary ‘In the Dark of the Valley’
A fight for answers as to why their children were battling rare cancers forms the crux of “In the Dark of the Valley,” the newest acquisition by MSNBC Films, a...
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Dan Hirsch radio interview on KTRC Santa Fe
Dan spent a half hour on Santa Fe-based radio station KTRC talking with host Richard Eeds about radioactive waste at Los Alamos. Listen to the full interview here!
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Report: Some Los Alamos nuclear waste too hazardous to move (Santa Fe New Mexican)
Los Alamos National Laboratory has identified 45 barrels of radioactive waste so potentially explosive — due to being mixed with incompatible chemicals — that crews have been told not to...
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Thirteen Organizations Oppose John D. Graham’s Membership on National Academies’ Low-Dose Radiation Committee
On July 22, a comment letter signed by thirteen environmental and public interest groups was sent to the National Academies’ Committee on Developing a Long-Term Strategy for Low-Dose Radiation Research...
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NASA will dismantle two test sites at toxic Santa Susana Field Lab area (LA Daily News)
Supporters of a complete cleanup of the site responded warily. Critics say that NASA already agreed under the terms of a binding deal with the state in 2010 to clean...
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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 documentary film In the Dark of the Valley. You can...
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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 that nuclear energy carries great risks. Maybe new technology will...
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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 of five interviews recorded over a five-year period stretching from...
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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 virtually all radioactive waste from nuclear plants, other than spent...
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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.