Nuclear Vacationing: Next Year in North Korea?

Posted by Matt in June 13th, 2008

We spent two years visiting off-the-beaten track nuclear sites for our new book, A Nuclear Vacation: Travels in the World of Atomic Weaponry. But we’re often asked: Why didn’t you visit the former plutonium productions plants at Hanford? What about the Bangor nuclear submarine base? Will you be diving the atomic wrecks in Bikini Atoll?

The truth is, time is limited, and so was our budget (our trip to Iran almost broke the bank). But if we could draw up a wish list for a sequel, it would look something like this:

Map for Kahuta, Pakistan

[Countries link to CIA Factbook. States link to Wikipedia.]

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