USA agree to clear up Palomares nuclear waste 50 years after disaster

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Dubbed the ‘worst nuclear accident in US history’, the town of 16,000 - half of whom are British expats - was covered in nuclear waste after two US Air Force planes carrying four nuclear bombs collided in 1966

USA agree to clear up Palomares nuclear waste 50 years after disaster
By Rob Horgan (Reporter) - PUBLISHED -
5 Oct, 2015 @ 15:22
LAST UPDATED: 5 Oct, 2015 @ 19:02

THE US government has finally agreed to clear up the nuclear fall-out at Palomares.

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Dubbed the ‘worst nuclear accident in US history’, the town of 16,000 – half of whom are British expats – was covered in nuclear waste after two US Air Force planes carrying four nuclear bombs collided in 1966.

Seven crew members were instantly killed, while two bombs split, disseminating radioactive matter over a square mile of Palomares.

In the 49 years since then, only 25% of the radioactive damage has been removed.