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   Bo Jacobs (bojacobs@hcommons.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 08:43:50 JST Bo Jacobs

   Remembering the partial nuclear reactor meltdown in suburban Los Angeles in 1959:

   "Activists protest Santa Susana Field Lab on 65th anniversary of meltdown, citing ongoing need for cleanup"

   #NuclearPower #SantaSusana @sts

   https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/activists-protest-santa-susana-field-lab-on-65th-anniversary-of-meltdown-citing-ongoing-need-for-cleanup

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     Bo Jacobs (bojacobs@hcommons.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 09:08:31 JST Bo Jacobs

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     Many living nearby the site only found out there had been a partial meltdown when the Woolsey Fire burned through areas contaminated with radionuclides from the meltdown and cleanup in 2018. Here is an original local news story from the time:

     https://youtu.be/LKWlWnIBGIQ?si=jY3s_-SD8NoH5xh_