Baneberry

I Googled the term Baneberry and found this photo at the

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His experience with nuclear-related issues began in the late 1970s as a teenaged journalist at a Las Vegas radio station, reporting on activities at the Nevada Test Site and covering a highly-technical federal court trial stemming from the accidental release of radiation into the atmosphere from the U.S. government's 1970 Baneberry nuclear test.

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His experience with nuclear-related issues began in the late 1970s as a teenaged journalist at a Las Vegas radio station, reporting on activities at the Nevada Test Site and covering a highly-technical federal court trial stemming from the accidental release of radiation into the atmosphere from the U.S. government's 1970 Baneberry nuclear test.

Confusion, Anxiety Abound Near Fukushima 2011

His experience with nuclear-related issues began in the late 1970s as a teenaged journalist at a Las Vegas radio station, reporting on activities at the Nevada Test Site and covering a highly-technical federal court trial stemming from the accidental release of radiation into the atmosphere from the U.S. government's 1970 Baneberry nuclear test.

Confusion, Anxiety Abound Near Fukushima 2011

And, two, we face the perils of another Baneberry from 6,000 to 9,000 miles away, as long as concern for global public health takes a back seat to international (un) diplomacy that is obsessed about national defense.

How to Squash the Baneberry of the East a la Dorothy Gale 2009

Baneberry was one of the worst underground nuclear testing accidents in world history.

How to Squash the Baneberry of the East a la Dorothy Gale 2009

Photo Center Left -- On December 18, 1970, the Baneberry underground nuclear test was conducted at the Nevada Test Site (NTS); the event released radioactivity to the atmosphere.

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Baneberry had a yield of ten kilotons (a kiloton is the equivalent of 1,000 tons of TNT).

Depleted Uranium Poison Targets US Citizens 2007

Following the Baneberry venting, new containment procedures were adopted to prevent similar occurrences.

Depleted Uranium Poison Targets US Citizens 2007

If you want to see what happens when water flashes at 0 time plus a millsecond or two, google on Baneberry (a sub-surface test that went December of 1969) and look at that vent cloud.

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