Bill would make veterans involved in 1966 Palomares nuclear cleanup eligible for bene

[The Patriot]

Bill would make veterans involved in 1966 Palomares nuclear cleanup eligible for benefits

08-29-2018 10:11 PM

On Jan. 17, 1966, an Air Force B-52 bomber collided with a refueling plane, dropping four hydrogen bombs near Palomares, a small farming village on the Spanish coast. The bombs did not detonate, but two of them cracked on impact, releasing more than 3 billion micrograms of plutonium over the Spanish countryside.


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