Research Analyst Shawn Rostker wrote an op-ed in Cal Matters about toxic nuclear waste at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory.
Nuclear cleanup efforts across the U.S. have revealed a grim reality: the nation’s toxic nuclear waste legacy continues to endanger communities while those responsible evade accountability.
At Los Alamos in New Mexico, newly exposed plutonium contamination poses long-term risks, while the ongoing cleanup at the Hanford Site in Washington remains a decades-long symbol of nuclear waste mismanagement. These national failures resonate deeply in Southern California, where the Santa Susana Field Laboratory increasingly represents that same neglect. Read more
