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April 7th,1951 Nuclear weapons detonation. On April 7th, 1951 the United States performed a nuclear bomb test. The test site was Enwetak atoll. The delivery method or operation type was tower. The test series was designated as Greenhouse. The test name was Dog. |
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April 7th,1989 Soviet submarine leaks radioactivity. Soviet Submarine, Off Norway - The Soviet submarine which caught fire on 7th April and sank off the coast of Norway carried two nuclear-tipped torpedoes as well as its nuclear power plant. 42 of the 69-member crew died in the disaster. (UPI via Greenlink/gp.press 20/4/89; WISE-311 28/4/89). The submarine, Komsomolets, began leaking radioactivity and contaminating the seabed (WISE news, Jan 17, 1992) |
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April 7th,1992 Failure of automatic shut-down. Failure of automatic shut-down system at Novovoronezh nuclear power plant (Russia) |
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April 7th,1992 Radioactive waste polluting the Colorado River report. A TEN MILLION TON pile of nuclear waste has been polluting the Colorado river for decades. This waste was deposited 750 feet from the river near Moab, Utah. At one point, groundwater contaminated by the waste was leaking into the river at an estimated 28,000 gallons a day, although recent Energy Department cleanup efforts slowed the contamination to 15,000 gallons a day. The plans now are to move this waste 30 miles from the river. This job will take an estimated 5 years to complete. This information was extracted from a report by David Hasemyer a staff writer for the UNION-TRIBUNE, printed April 7, 2005. |
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