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Energy spectrum of trinitite (red circle) and wood (black circle) for ~ 16 hours. The purple highlights radiocesium's peak in trinitite and wood
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The Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) was a nuclear reactor development, rocket, and missile testing facility built ~48 km (30 miles) northwest of downtown Los Angeles in Simi Valley, CA. For two weeks in July of 1959, highly radioactive material was potentially emitted into the atmosphere following a secret nuclear incident. The partial meltdow...