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13 December
1960 – Naval Ordnance Test Station, San Clemente Island, California
At approximately 7:45 PM PST, an explosion occurred in a storage bunker at the Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) on San Clemente Island, approximately 40 miles west of San Diego, California. Two "development type" nuclear warheads were in the bunker at the time of the explosion; the warheads contained "toxic materials" but no high explosives. One of the warheads was damaged by flames. The explosion originated in a Jet-Assisted Take Off (JATO) rocket which was being prepared for mating to one of the developmental warheads in preparation for a test. The explosion resulted in one fatality and three additional casualties; all were NOTS personnel. No AEC news release was issued.
Chuck Hansen, “The Swords of Armageddon,” Vol. VII, pp.262-263.
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