In Area II of SSFL is the Delta site, first constructed in 1957 for Thor engine testing and later modified for the Lance J-2 programs, including altitude testing. The area has also been used for the loading of propellant for Peacekeeper Stage IV. The DELTA 1 and 2 test stands […]

On January 25, 2007, Michael Collins received a resolution from the Ventura County Board of Supervisors in honor of his journalist achievements and career as an investigative reporter. The resolution was presented at the Los Angeles Press Club at a celebration of Michael’s 50th birthday and 24 years as an […]

Exclusive 2019 Update: VICTORY AT THE VA – West LA Veterans Administration master plan protects old nuclear dump from development ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thirteen radionuclides involved: iodine-131, zinc-65, strontium-85, calcium-47, gold-198, iodine-125, cobalt-60, technetium 99m, copper-67, manganese-54, xenon 133, indium-113m and fluorine-18 UCLA-1. Early Experimental Imaging of the Thyroid Gland Using Iodine […]

Runkle Canyon radiation report spells trouble by Michael Collins Ventura County Reporter – February 19, 2009 Nearly 50 people filled Simi Valley City Hall chambers late last month in a much-anticipated Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) meeting about environmental conditions in Runkle Canyon. The 1,595-acre property is where KB […]

Exclusive 2019 Update: VICTORY AT THE VA – West LA Veterans Administration master plan protects old nuclear dump from development This web page displays notes of the pertinent passages of this 48-page document, which comprises the Sharing Agreement between the VA and Brentwood School, along with snippets of certain pages. […]

Exclusive 2019 Update: VICTORY AT THE VA – West LA Veterans Administration master plan protects old nuclear dump from development This March 2, 2007 Final Radiological Inspection Report, submitted to the Department of Veterans Affairs, was completed by Pleasant Hill-based Millennium Consulting Associates under the direction of Mr. Michael Noel […]

In dire need of a plan to protect nuclear power plants By Michael Collins LA Weekly – November 7, 2001 Governor Gray Davis drew ire last week for releasing a confidential FBI warning that four of California‘s bridges could be terrorist targets. The governor, it seemed, was doing too much […]

As he was developing the highly explosive and toxic chemicals that would launch America into space, Pasadena’s Jack Parsons was ingesting cocaine, morphine and other drugs in his own earthly world of orgies and Satanism Part 1 of 2 By Michael Collins Pasadena Weekly – January 3, 2002 “Only in […]

A half-century after his death, Jack Parsons’ twisted legacy lives on in the toxic soup his experiments created – and still hasn’t been cleaned up Part 2 of 2 By Michael Collins Pasadena Weekly – January 10, 2002 “And all who accept me the ANTICHRIST and the law of the […]

The terrorism and nuclear proliferation expert on how the Iranian impasse could be resolved by putting the country on ‘probation’ By Michael Collins Los Angeles CityBeat June 15, 2006 The international dispute over Iran’s fledgling nuclear program has reached an impasse, and, shockingly, the Bush administration’s response has been more […]

Roll up, roll up for the military toxicity tour By Michael Collins Los Angeles CityBeat/ValleyBeat – August 3, 2006 Southern California is seasonally inundated with tour buses plying the streets of Hollywood and the homes of entertainment stars. But a new tour, begun this summer, takes the curious to places […]

A shorter version of this interview appeared in Los Angeles CityBeat June 12, 2008 When Joe Cirincione talks, people listen, and you would too when the ever-articulate president of the Ploughshares Fund, a global security foundation, holds forth on The Bomb. And hold forth he did in Santa Monica June […]

Simi Valley’s Rocketdyne facility was blasted by 50 years of rocket engines and nuclear reactor meltdowns, leaving a toxic disaster atop what residents call “The Hill.” Runoff may be poisoning Southland residents. And now the government just broke a promise to clean it up. Los Angeles ValleyBeat – June 12, […]

Los Angeles CityBeat/ValleyBeat – July 3, 2003 Last week’s news that the toxic chemical perchlorate was found gurgling from a groundwater well, nearly a mile outside the northern border of the Rocketdyne facility, shocked many Simi and San Fernando valley residents. But former Rocketdyne worker Lynwood Sibley was hardly surprised. […]

More good news about contamination from your friends at Rocketdyne By Michael Collins Ventura County Reporter – September 23, 2004 With new revelations coming almost monthly, the scope of the toxic mess at the Rocketdyne aerospace complex in the hills between the San Fernando and Simi valleys continues to grow. […]

More good news about contamination from your friends at Rocketdyne By Michael Collins Los Angeles CityBeat/ValleyBeat – September 27, 2004 With new revelations coming almost monthly, the scope of the toxic mess at the Rocketdyne aerospace complex in the hills between the San Fernando and Simi valleys continues to grow. […]