[CPEO-MEF] TRANSPORTATION, ROCKETS: ICBM Truck Accident (ND)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Base Cleans Up After Accident

KXMC TV News (Minot, ND)
September 1, 2009


A semi-trailer truck used to carry intercontinental missiles overturned 
into a ditch last night.

The incident occurred in north-central North Dakota.

Air Force officials say the truck was not carrying nuclear material, but 
they were initially concerned that some rocket fuel might leak because 
of the accident.

The commander of the 91st Space Wing at Minot Air Force Base says air 
quality tests soon after the accident showed no contamination.

And he believes there has been no leak of the fuel mixture that he 
compared to anhydrous ammonia, a common farm fertilizer.


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For the entire story, see
http://www.kxmb.com/News/430144.asp

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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