Is Boeing Helping the Feds Cover Up the Worst Nuke Disaster in US History?

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10. This is BS.

I've got family living within easy walking distance of the site.

This accident has been intensely investigated, by both the government and anti-nuclear activists for many years. I personally know quite a few of the primary investigators, mostly on the anti-nuclear side.

Yes, at first there was some secrecy in the beginning, nuclear secrets and all that bullshit

There are not really any stones left unturned. It's not difficult to wander around the place doing your own field work these days, with proper permissions or not.

A much larger problem is the non-nuclear chemical wastes from rocket tests and experiments. They used to throw it all in pits and light it on fire.

That's the shit that can kill you. "Half life" of FOREVER.

A landfill a few miles away is a much more toxic place. It accepted industrial liquid wastes of all sorts, and wasn't much concerned about what they were so long as they were approximately pH neutral and non-flammable.

Another big problem is hexavalent chromium of Erin Brockovich fame. That stuff was very carelessly disposed of by many industries, not just aerospace.

Don't forget the legacy of leaded gasoline too. That lead is still everywhere, in everything.

All these ongoing problems are much more serious than the nuclear accident.