Posted by Matt in June 13th, 2008 |
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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?
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Posted by Matt in May 23rd, 2008 |
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The man who located the wreck of the Titanic has revealed that the discovery was a cover story to camouflage the real mission of inspecting the wrecks of two Cold war nuclear submarines.
When Bob Ballard led a team that pinpointed the wreckage of the liner in 1985 he had already completed his main task of [...]
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