Rocketdyne, the Rocket & Research division of North American
Aviation had facilities on Canoga Avenue (right), De Soto, Plummer, Townsgate
(Westlake Village), Sepulveda (LAX) and the Santa Susana Field Laboratory
(above and below photos).
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Click on PHOTO and link Rocketdyne Canoga. |
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| When there was an
increasing need for
Atomic/Nuclear/Weapons,
Rocketdyne developed their
Atomics International Division,
housed in each of the above
mentioned facilities.
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After becoming the Rockwell International Corporation, The
Boeing Co. stepped in and purchased all of the above facilities in the mid 1990’s. Years later, in a deal
with United Technologies Pratt-Whitney in 2005, The Boeing Co. sold all it’s
facilities aside from the highly contaminated Santa Susana Field Laboratory.
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| The Boeing Co. and NASA currently own and operate the Santa Susana Field
Laboratory, a 2850 acre site located off Woolsey Canyon in Canoga Park used
for federally funded nuclear research from the mid-1950s until 1996 and was the
site of several nuclear accidents, including a partial reactor meltdown
in 1959, based upon a recent study, the Los Angeles Times reported the meltdown
released more radiation than the Three Mile Island incident in
1979.
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The San Fernando Valley is now considered home to the worst
nuclear disaster on U.S. soil. NASA, The Department of Energy and The
Boeing Co. are still fully operating the Field Lab, running daily activities including Laser Research.
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10 Mile Radius from AREA IV, the Nuclear Area of the SSFL. |
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Below and Link to the ROCKETDYNE ARCHIVES…
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