Cold War Era Supercomputers, Rocket Testing Facility Control Room, California
The Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL in Simi Valley) was a government site on over 2,800 acres in the Los Angeles Area of California. Beginning in 1947, the site was a preeminent rocket system and nuclear research facility. At one time the site was home to 10 distinct nuclear reactors. In 1959, one reactor experienced a meltdown, possibly the United States' worst meltdown, surpassing even Three Mile Island. NASA and private company, Rocketdyne continued to use site until at least 1990.
Santa Susana is reported to contain more than 100 different toxic chemicals, including, "a mix of... plutonium, strontium-90 and cesium-137 and a witch's brew of toxic chemicals such as PCBs, dioxins, heavy metals like mercury and chromium-6 and volatile organic compounds like PCE."
Cold War Era Supercomputers, Rocket Testing Facility Control Room, California
The Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL in Simi Valley) was a government site on over 2,800 acres in the Los Angeles Area of California. Beginning in 1947, the site was a preeminent rocket system and nuclear research facility. At one time the site was home to 10 distinct nuclear reactors. In 1959, one reactor experienced a meltdown, possibly the United States' worst meltdown, surpassing even Three Mile Island. NASA and private company, Rocketdyne continued to use site until at least 1990.
Santa Susana is reported to contain more than 100 different toxic chemicals, including, "a mix of... plutonium, strontium-90 and cesium-137 and a witch's brew of toxic chemicals such as PCBs, dioxins, heavy metals like mercury and chromium-6 and volatile organic compounds like PCE."