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We Are Downwinders
My family suffered as downwinders of the nuclear tests of the 1940s and especially the 1950s. That is true for a lot of Utahns.
Opposition to the Divine Strake high-explosive test, planned last year then postponed several times, has been winding up recently.
The test will create a mushroom cloud over Nevada. The bomb to be tested is not nuclear but a nuclear bunker-busting super bomb. The test is proposed to take place in underground tunnels where it likely will cause fallout from previous nuclear tests to be “resuspended.” Don’t worry, the government assessments tell us, there is no danger. But — oh, yes — the “resuspended” particles can be carried away on the wind and “may contribute radiological dose to the public.”
In Utah, Kane and Washington County Commissions oppose the test. Last week, the St. George paper, The Spectrum, published an FAQ on the blast as well as a compelling story about a downwinder of an underground nuclear test / accident. He also provided an opinion piece for the paper, “Divine Strake May Kill You.” His wife asks:
How do you stop the military industrial complex?
How do you stop them from doing it?
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