A B-52 carrying four hydrogen bombs crashed in Palomares in 1966 but now the contaminated soil will be shipped to AmericaNearly 50 years after a US air force B-52 bomber carrying nuclear weapons crashed in Palomares in south-east Spain,Washington has finally agreed to clean up the radioactive contamination that resulted from the crash.
The US secretary of state, John Kerry, or the Spanish foreign minister,José Manuel García-Margallo, signed an agreement in Madrid on Monday to clean up the site and store the contaminated soil at a suitable location in the United States”.
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Source: theguardian.com