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Nuclear Accident Cleanup To Restart 40 Years Later...
Spain, U.S. Agree to Radioactivity Cleanup 40 Years After Atomic AccidentMADRID, Spain Spain and the United States have reached an agreement to clean up radioactivity in the Spanish farming village of Palomares, on Spain's southeast tip, 40 years after two U.S atomic bombs fell in the area after a midair collision, news reports said on Sunday. The agreement to clean the area was reached at a meeting mid-September between the U.S. Department of Energy and Spain's CIEMAT, the national Center for Energy and Environment Investigation, leading Madrid daily El Pais reported. The accident took place on the morning of Jan. 17, 1966, when a B-52 bomber collided with a flying tanker while refueling over Palomeras and released all four of its hydrogen bombs in the ensuing explosion. It is unlikely - damned unlikely - that there is any actual threat to life or limb at Palormares. What is very likely is that somebody decided this was a good stick to poke us with, and in the interest of not starting any MORE sh*t, we're rolling over and taking it. Mike Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2006-10-08 |
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