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Administrative/Regulatory

Jul. 6, 2006

Nuclear Snafu in 1959 Brings Legal Fallout to L.A. Hills

SAN FRANCISCO - If asked to identify the worst nuclear accident in American history, most people would probably say the Three Mile Island near-disaster in 1979.

By Dennis Pfaff
Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - If asked to identify the worst nuclear accident in American history, most people would probably say the Three Mile Island near-disaster in 1979.
      But some believe that dubious distinction could belong to an obscure incident that occurred 20 years earlier in a range of Ventura County hills about 30 miles from downtown Los Angeles.
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