SSFL
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50th Anniversary of LA’s Partial Nuclear Meltdown
In July 1959, a reactor in the Los Angeles area suffered a partial meltdown. The Atomic Energy Commission kept the accident secret for decades, until Bridge the Gap was able...
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Historic SSFL Agreement
Agreement Reached Between the Schwarzenegger Administration, CBG and Other Groups that Santa Susana Nuke Site will be Cleaned Up to Strictest Superfund Standards At a press conference on January 15,...
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CBG’s Hirsch testifies before U.S. Senate Environment Committee About “Nuclear Amnesia”
September 18 – At the invitation of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, CBG’s Dan Hirsch testified in Washington on September 18. Using the history of nuclear accidents,...
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Groups Blast Boeing Panel
07/17/2008: Boeing Pushes to Relax Enforcement of Water Pollution Limits. Efforts by a panel assembled by Boeing to push for elimination of a range of enforceable numeric limits on pollution...
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Long Sought Win For The Community
07/11/2008 Result: EPA Stands Up; DOE Backs Down on Radiation Survey. After disclosures by CBG that DOE had altered critical numbers in a key table related to the cleanup of...
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Boeing Pays $471,000 for 79 Pollution Violations
Boeing has waived its right to a hearing before the LA Regional Water Quality Control Board on a proposed $471,000 fine for scores of violations of pollution discharge limits and...
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Witches Brew of Toxic Chemicals Burned by Rocketdyne in Open Pits
New Revelations of Dozens of Hazardous Wastes Burned Over Decades. Documents obtained by CBG show a pattern of burning of toxic chemicals in open pits at SSFL. Click here to...
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Community Waterboarded by Water Board
After a hearing on November 1, 2007, the LA Regional Water Quality Control Board decided to relax Boeing’s pollution permit. An Early Christmas for A Huge Polluter: At Boeing’s request,...
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Contact the Governor, Ask Him To Sign SB990
10/12/07 Result:Governor signs historic cleanup bill into law, clearing the path for meaningful cleanup at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory. (alert text follows) It is critical that the Governor is...
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SSFL Bill Becomes Law
September 5, 2007: Seven Republicans joined Democrats in the California State Assembly in a 50-22 vote in favor of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory cleanup bill. One of the only...
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CBG Critiques Boeing Cleanup Plan
August 25, 2007: CBG tears into inadequate investigation of toxic contamination at Santa Susana Field Lab. Click here for CBG Comments on “RFI Group 6 Report.” Our comments are available...
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Court Victory on SSFL nuke site
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has just issued its long-awaited decision in the lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Energy by the Committee to Bridge...
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Independent Panel Releases New Studies on Potential Cancers from 1959 Meltdown & Potential Migration from Other SSFL Accidents/Spills
On October 5, 2006 the Santa Susana Field Laboratory Advisory Panel released a series of studies about potential offsite exposures and health effects from the 1959 reactor meltdown at SSFL...
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CBG Reveals New Evidence of Radioactive Contamination of Water at SSFL
In an April 2006 presentation, CBG details exceedences of radioactive strontium-90, and a complete failure by the Water Board to take action. You can view this presentation in a variety...
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Critical Hearing Regarding SSFL
Hearing Date : 1/19/06 Result: The Regional Water Quality Control Board refused to grant Boeing a relaxed pollution permit. Rocketdyne has violated its pollution discharge permit from its nuclear/rocket testing...