The Partial Nuclear Meltdown That Still Haunts Ventura County Here’s a new story I wrote for Ojai magazine on — believe it or not — a major nuclear accident, a partial nuclear meltdown, that still contaminates part of Ventura County. ‘Woody Guthrie used to say that some men will rob you with a six-gun, andContinue reading “Radioactive Rain”
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Ventura County Public Health Calls for Clean-up of Santa Susana Field Lab
[Note: here’s a story I wrote for Friday’s Ojai Valley News, about the decades-long controversy over cleaning up one of the most contaminated sites in the state, both chemically and with radionuclides.] Public Health Officer warns of dangers of not fully cleaning up Santa Susana Field Lab Editor’s Note: This content is being offered free,Continue reading “Ventura County Public Health Calls for Clean-up of Santa Susana Field Lab”
Scenes from an explosion/investigation: Fracking radioactivity sent to Oxnard/Pacific
Although it hasn’t been widely reported, the explosion at Santa Clara Waste Water Corporation (SCWWC) near Santa Paula last November came about a month after the Oxnard waste water treatment plant, which processes the waste water sent to it via a 14-mile pipeline from SCWW, noticed high levels of radioactivity in its sampling. Because the waste waterContinue reading “Scenes from an explosion/investigation: Fracking radioactivity sent to Oxnard/Pacific”
Kit Stolz 