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When thinking of military facilities in the US, I was thinking about the one in california, that has leaked into the watertable basically since WWII, and it's now showing up in the basements at distant gated communities, can't remember the name, but it was in the news about a year ago.

There is no way to assess the release accurately, but it is probably comparable, over time, to the worst releases of the russian military complex.

Pierre

by Pierre on Tue Jul 10th, 2007 at 06:50:54 PM EST
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I believe you're referring to the city of Livermore, CA, home of Lawrence Livermore Labs.  There they make nuclear bomb triggers and advanced design weapons, and Los Alamos has a facility there as well.  They've found radioactivity in the water table under the entire area, but the population keeps swelling.

The labs are also about a kilometer from the western (windward) edge of the Altamont Pass wind resource area, so i've spent much time there over the years.  i ate lunch often at the Labs, because... well, i can be pretty dumb, and i got a thrill watching bomb designers eat and discuss baseball as if they were normal people.  (Full disclosure:  they do lots of other things at the labs besides bombs.)

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Tue Jul 10th, 2007 at 07:58:38 PM EST
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