[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: 1958 nuclear crash site near Dyess Air Force Base, TX

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force officials receive closure letter for environmental restoration site

by Airman 1st Class Charles V. Rivezzo
7th Bomb Wing Public Affairs
December 14, 2012

DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued a closure letter Nov. 1, for the environmental restoration of a site located 4.5 miles southwest of the flightline here, where a B-47 plane crashed in 1958.

On Nov. 4, 1958, a B-47 carrying one nuclear bomb caught fire while taking off from Dyess Air Force Base, crashing into a privately owned field. No nuclear detonation occurred, however, conventional explosives in the nuclear weapon detonated on impact, leaving a 35-foot diameter crater and scattering debris over an 800-foot radius area. 

Teams from Dyess AFB and the Atomic Energy Commission responded to the accident site, removed debris, determined decontamination was not warranted, and deemed the area safe.

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For the entire release, see
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123329984

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