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It Happened Here

by Teens Against Toxins Co-Founders Devyn Gortner and Robin Estrin

The entire world watches, helpless and terrified, as Japan’s four nuclear reactors are abandoned. But for those of us who live just a few miles from the site of America’s first, and least-known, commercial nuclear meltdown, our reaction is tempered by familiarity and frustration.

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SSFL Work Group – May 3, 2011

The next meeting of the Santa Susana Work Group is Tuesday, May 3, at 6:30 p.m.

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RCC Featured on CBS Local News Special

CBS TV Channel 2 News aired an extraordinary piece featuring RCC members.

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SSFL Work Group – February 2, 2011

The next meeting of the Santa Susana Work Group is Wednesday, February 2, at 6:30 p.m.

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Community Members Hail Agreement to Clean Up Meltdown Site – Fruition of 21 Years of Struggle

Members of the Rocketdyne Cleanup Coalition, who have worked for two decades to achieve today’s historic development, expressed great joy over the signing of the breakthrough agreements with the Department of Energy and NASA for the cleanup of contamination at the Santa Susana Field Lab. The Coalition has fought since 1989 to get the site cleaned up.

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SSFL Cleanup on KCRW

KCRW’s Warren Olney, who broke the story of the partial meltdown at SSFL in 1979, interviews Dan Hirsch of Committee to Bridge the Gap, Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks, and Teens Against Toxins founder Devyn Gortner about the SSFL Cleanup Agreements on a Which Way, LA? segment entitled “Residents Push for Toxic Cleanup in Santa […]

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Elected Officials Support SSFL Agreements on Consent

Assemblywoman Julia Brownley, State Senator Fran Pavley, Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks, LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, and LA City Councilman Greig Smith have expressed their support for the final Agreements on Consent reached between the California Department of Toxic Substances Control and the Department of Energy.

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November 18, 2010 – DTSC Public Participation Group

DTSC PUBLIC PARTICIPATION GROUP MEETING – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH AT 7:00 P.M. Where: Department of Toxic Substances Control, 9211 Oakdale Avenue, Chatsworth, CA 91311 (see map below) When: Thursday, November 18th from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Agenda: Welcome Introductions Public Participation Group Mission and Purpose Santa Susana Field Laboratory Site Overview Cleanup Process and […]

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Key Provisions of the SSFL Cleanup Agreements

The Federal-State Agreements in Principle are an historic breakthrough in the community’s efforts to clean up Rocketdyne. The Agreements’ key provisions include: cleanup to local background, EPA perform the radiation surveys, cleanup standard not to be exceeded, wastes to be disposed of in licensed disposal sites, measures to expedite the cleanup, and more.

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