7 October ISSUENN . 1555 //1 -23 - 29 A2015 PRIL 2015 ISSUE O.O1578
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USA to remove crash site radioactive soil PLUTONIUM and americium still in Palomares after nearly 50 years
No more floods Council to push for work on ‘rambla’ THE cause of flooding and havoc last month, Adra’s Rambla de las Cruces should be on the regional government’s list of priorities to receive attention, the local council has decided. See Page 4
Worker killed in explosion Second man left fighting for life AN EXPLOSION at an oil plant in Almeria City killed one worker and left another in a
By Linda Hall The USA has agreed to take radioactive Palomares topsoil out of the province and transport it back to Nevada, to a storage facility just outside of Las Vegas. The US Energy Department sent the Spanish Nuclear Commission a clean-up plan back in July, which the Spanish are prepared to accept to finally put an end to the problem. Fifty thousand cubic metres of contaminated topsoil will be taken to a military installation in the Nevada Desert north of Las Vegas. The contamination occurred in January 1966 when a B52G bomber and a tanker collided during mid-air refuelling over the Mediterranean. Three of the B-52’s four hydrogen bombs fell over Palomares and non-nuclear explosives in two bombs detonated on impact. The fourth bomb was recovered at sea, 10 weeks later.
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critical condition. Unions are considering legal action over the tragedy. See Page 8
Legal OK for homes High court confirmation rules out demolition FIVE ‘problem’ homes in Zurgena are legal after all, the provincial high court has ruled, and local town hall officials and the developers will not face prosecution. See Page 14
Star of the show Reality Swedish TV show filming locally VARIOUS Almeria locations, including Huercal-Overa Bullring, have been chosen as settings for
Soil, water, air and crops were monitored and no-one has ever fallen ill as a result although Spain’s Investigation, Environment and Technology Investigation Centre
(Ciemat) has detected both plutonium and americium still in the ground. For years the Spanish Government has unsuccessfully asked the US to remove the
contaminated topsoil. There are signs of a change of heart, Spanish sources close to the negotiations claimed: “Things are moving and the feeling is good.”
a Swedish survivors-type reality show, which will be broadcast next spring. See Page 17