BradleyNov 9, 2018
"Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Simi Hills was used for development & testing of rocket technology for the space program from 1949-2006, nuclear reactors from 1953-1980, & liquid metals research from 1966-1998. It ceased operations in 2006." #woolseyfire
https://ktla.com/2018/11/08/crews-respond-to-brush-fire-near-rocketdyne-complex-near-chatsworth/
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Show threadBradleyNov 9, 2018
"SSFL was in the news earlier in 2018 after a 7-year-old girl died of neuroblastoma. The girl’s mother said the girl was exposed to contaminated runoff from the facility, prompting protesters to demand a major cleanup at the site." #woolseyfire @[email protected]
https://www.simivalleyacorn.com/articles/protestors-want-ssfl-cleaned-up/
Protestors want SSFL cleaned up | Simi Valley Acorn

SICK AND TIRED— Above, community members demand the Santa Susana Field be cleaned up. At right, 7-year-old Hazel Hammersley of Simi Valley, who succumbed to neuroblastoma. MELISSA SIMON/Acorn Newspapers Fueled by anger over broken promises to clean up the Santa Susana Field Lab and the recent loss of a Simi Valley girl to cancer, dozens of community members called on the agencies responsible for remediation to "just do what they said they would." West Hills resident Melissa Bumstead helped organize the group to protest at the April 10 biannual meeting hosted by the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), which oversees cleanup at the site. Courtesy of Jennifer Carrillo Photography "Losing Hazel (Hammersley) has been devastating to us, but her mother (Lauren Hammersley) wants us to use her passing to push even harder for this cleanup," Bumstead said. Hazel, 7, died March 30 after succombing to neuroblastoma, Bumstead said. And the girl's mother suspects her cancer was caused by

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Show threadBradleyNov 9, 2018
I didn't get the best screenshot, but my jaw was dropped seeing flames all around the Santa Susana Field Laboratory just now. #WoolseyFire
Show threadBradleyNov 9, 2018
LA'S NUCLEAR SECRET
"Years of mishandling dangerous radioactive materials and chemicals has also left a toxic legacy for generations of people living near the Santa Susana Field Laboratory." #WoolseyFire #SimiValley #BellCanyon #OakPark
https://data.nbcstations.com/national/KNBC/la-nuclear-secret/
LA's Nuclear Secret | NBC Los Angeles

Years of mishandling dangerous radioactive materials and chemicals has also left a toxic legacy for generations of people living near the Santa Susana Field Laboratory.

Show threadBradleyNov 9, 2018

"#WoolseyFire erupted around 2:30 p.m. Thursday near the Santa Susana Field Laboratory south of Simi Valley."

The following areas should evacuate:
https://ktla.com/2018/11/08/crews-respond-to-brush-fire-near-rocketdyne-complex-near-chatsworth/

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Show threadBradleyNov 9, 2018
"While the #HillFire was a big concern during the day on Thursday, firefighters’ major focus overnight was the #WoolseyFire, which started around 3 p.m. in the area of the old Rocketdyne facility near #SimiValley."
https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2018/11/08/crews-mobilize-battle-brush-fire-santa-rosa-valley/1935359002/
Woolsey Fire and Hill Fire evacuations underway: Live updates

Show threadBradleyNov 9, 2018
"Wildfire smoke is a shifting blend of gases & particles, including carbon dioxide, water vapor, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons & other organic chemicals, nitrogen oxides & trace minerals. Thousands of individual compounds, many of them toxic." #WoolseyFire
https://www.kqed.org/science/1926793/protecting-your-health-from-toxic-wildfire-smoke
How to Protect Yourself From Wildfire Smoke

Air pollution from wildfire smoke can pose serious health risks for people residing in affected areas. Here are some key steps people can take to protect their lungs from drifting smoke.

Show threadBradleyNov 11, 2018
"Santa Susana Field Laboratory (#SSFL), in the Santa Susana Mountains/Simi Hills overlooking the western San Fernando Valley and #SimiValley, is the site of a partial nuclear meltdown and numerous other radioactive accidents and releases." #WoolseyFire
😳 https://www.dtsc.ca.gov/GetInvolved/ReviewPanel/upload/DuffieldDoc.pdf
Show threadBradleyNov 11, 2018
"Over the years of its operation, Santa Susana Field Laboratory (#SSFL) became heavily contaminated. The most significant of these accidents was a partial nuclear meltdown, which occurred in 1959 at the facility know as the Sodium Reactor Experiment, or SRE." #WoolseyFire 🔎 🔥🔍
Show threadBradleyNov 11, 2018
"The partial meltdown [at SSFL] was not disclosed at the time, and the public learned of it only twenty years later when #UCLA students obtained and released to the news media documents detailing the accident."
#WoolseyFire 🔎 #SSFL #SimiValley 🚀 #Rocketdyne ✈️ #Boeing
Show threadBradleyNov 11, 2018
"The Santa Susana Field Laboratory (#SSFL) is a former nuclear facility, site of a partial reactor meltdown, located in the #SimiHills of #VenturaCounty, about 30 miles from downtown #LosAngeles."
🔎 #WoolseyFire #SimiValley 🚀 #Rocketdyne ✈️ #Boeing
https://youtu.be/vKwK35kKgI8
Simi Valley Nuclear Disaster

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Show threadBradleyNov 11, 2018
James Palmer, a former Santa Susana Field Laboratory worker, was interviewed in the Ventura County Star [The #Cancer Effect, October 30, 2006]. The article notes that "of the 27 men on Palmer's crew, 22 died of cancers."
#WoolseyFire #SSFL #SimiValley #Rocketdyne #Boeing
Show threadBradleyNov 11, 2018
On some nights Palmer returned home from work [Santa Susana Field Laboratory] and kissed "his wife [hello], only to burn her lips with the chemicals he had breathed at work."
🔎 Source: The Cancer Effect, October 30, 2006, The Ventura County Star (@vcstar) #WoolseyFire #SSFL
Show threadBradleyNov 11, 2018
"When it was finally shut down, it was determined 13 of 43 fuel elements had experienced melting. The reactor had no containment structure, the concrete dome surrounding modern reactors designed to keep radioactivity from entering the environment." #WoolseyFire #SSFL #SimiValley
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"Over the years of its operation, Santa Susana Field Laboratory became heavily contaminated. Hundreds of thousands of gallons of #trichloroethylene (TCE), for example, were released into the field laboratory’s soils and groundwater."
#WoolseyFire #SSFL #SimiValley #VenturaCounty
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Show threadBradleyNov 11, 2018
Santa Susana Field Laboratory is located 7 miles NW of #CanogaPark & 30 miles NW of downtown LA. Sage Ranch Park is adjacent on part of the northern boundary and the community of #BellCanyon along the entire southern boundary.
#WoolseyFire #SSFL #SimiValley #OakPark #Calabasas
Show threadBradleyNov 11, 2018
The Santa Susana Field Laboratory (#SSFL), also known as #Rocketdyne, is a former nuclear & rocket engine testing facility that is contaminated with radiological & chemical pollutants.
#WoolseyFire #WoolseyCanyon #SimiValley #OakPark #BellCanyon #Chatsworth #Rocketdyne #Boeing
Show threadBradleyNov 11, 2018
The 2,850 acre Santa Susana Field Laboratory site is near #SimiValley, #Chatsworth, #CanogaPark, #WoodlandHills, #WestHills, #WestlakeVillage, #AgouraHills, #OakPark, #Calabasas, and #ThousandOaks. #WoolseyFire #SSFL #VenturaCounty
Show threadBradleyNov 11, 2018
Slide from presentation by Dan Hirsch, President of nuclear watchdog organization Committee to Bridge the Gap, showing off-site areas where Santa Susana Field Laboratory (#SSFL) contamination has been found.
#WoolseyFire #SimiValley #VenturaCounty #AgouraHills #Rocketdyne #Boeing
Show threadBradleyNov 11, 2018
VIDEO: Presentation on the history and contamination of Santa Susana Field Laboratory by Dan Hirsch, President of the nuclear watchdog organization Committee to Bridge the Gap. (Share the presentation.)
#WoolseyFire #SSFL #SimiValley #VenturaCounty #LA
https://youtu.be/hfQsj04fbRQ
Overview Presentation on the Santa Susana Field Laboratory - history and contamination

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