Pictures of a top-secret base once used by NASA
have been captured by a photographer from San
Francisco.
The Santa Susanna Field Laboratory, a 3,000-acre
site that sits 30 miles outside Los Angeles, was
opened in 1948 and was used, until 1988, as a
nuclear research facility.
The base was the scene of one of the worst
nuclear disasters in US history.
In 1959, a reactor power surge resulted in
radioactive materials being released into the
atmosphere. The incident was covered up until
researchers uncovered documents pertaining to
the scale of the leak in 1979.
NASA tested more than 30,000 rocket engines at
the facility, which was eventually closed for good
in 2006.
have been captured by a photographer from San
Francisco.
The Santa Susanna Field Laboratory, a 3,000-acre
site that sits 30 miles outside Los Angeles, was
opened in 1948 and was used, until 1988, as a
nuclear research facility.
The base was the scene of one of the worst
nuclear disasters in US history.
In 1959, a reactor power surge resulted in
radioactive materials being released into the
atmosphere. The incident was covered up until
researchers uncovered documents pertaining to
the scale of the leak in 1979.
NASA tested more than 30,000 rocket engines at
the facility, which was eventually closed for good
in 2006.
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