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Wildfire Crews Race to Keep Fierce California Blaze From Former Nuclear Reactor Site

Shifting winds placed a former nuclear reactor and rocket testing site in the path of the growing Sandy Fire. The region’s first major blaze of the season raised alarm from families aware of the site’s history and spotty cleanup.

By Steven Rodas, Nina Dietz

Melissa Bumstead lives less than four miles
from the site of possibly the worst nuclear meltdown in U.S. history
besides the Three Mile Island accident. The Santa Susana Field Laboratory,
or SSFL, is known locally as a problem site—with a pockmarked history
amid a spotty cleanup. A blaze hitting the former nuclear reactor and
rocket testing site, Bumstead is sure, would be a cataclysm.

Inside Climate News 19th May 2026, https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19052026/california-sandy-fire-approaches-former-nuclear-reactor-site/

May 28, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, USA