[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, GLOBAL: Spain wants Palomares plutonium cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Spain demands US clears earth from site of 1966 nuclear bomb mishap

Obama administration is told to remove Palomares soil contaminated with 
half a tonne of plutonium 'without delay'


Giles Tremlett
Guardian (UK)
January 16, 2011

Spain is insisting that the United States removes tens of thousands of 
cubic metres of earth still contaminated by plutonium from unexploded US 
air force nuclear bombs that accidentally fell in the 1960s.

Spain sent a diplomatic note to the Obama administration shortly before 
Christmas saying that it was time the earth at Palomares, south-east 
Spain, containing up to half a tonne of plutonium, was removed "without 
delay," according to El País newspaper.

Some 50,000 cubic metres of contaminated soil remains at the site, 
despite efforts by the US to clear up the mess when four bombs fell near 
Palomares after a B-52 bomber collided with a refuelling aircraft in 1966.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/16/spain-palomares-nuclear-earth-removal

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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