Radioactivity leak
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) YUCCA FLAT (Nevada), November 26. Radiation has leaked into the atmosphere from an underground nuclear detonation at the Nevada test site, the Atomic Energy Commission has reported. The A.E.C. said that the nature of the secret experiment, described only as a highly complex weapons effect test “involved the possibility of a very small release of radioactivity.”
Four hours after the nuclear device was triggered, radioactivity seeped into the atmosphere from 900 ft below the desert floor where the experiment was buried. The A.E.C. said the leak was small and presented no health hazards. i
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32775, 27 November 1971, Page 17
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99Radioactivity leak Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32775, 27 November 1971, Page 17
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