SRE - Sodium Reactor Experiment; 1957 - Brandeis, California

SyloOnWheels

Heard about this place from 4chan in 2020
if this was as bad as chernobyl then why is LA (and any major city) right next to it
(chernobly did not to put the mandatory concrete radiation shield and went 5x over its safe running limit)

J. J. J. S.

Great hike. Peaceful. No one around. Eerily quiet.

Aidan B.

I love living 7 miles from here 🤑🤑🤑😎👍

Randy S.

I am a pilot, I fly over the site all the time. Here are some photos I shot of the Nuclear Reactor site. I am a big aerospace enthusiast and appreciate the engineering done right here in the Valley. But what bothers me was the Nuclear melt down was a government cover up for 20 years and my parents and grandparents never knew about it the whole time they lived near the site. Then when it went public Rocketdyne said nothing was around here in 1957 so it was not a danger to the public. Total lie. My Father went to Canoga High School at the time of the melt down and is less than 8 miles from the melt down site. He had health problems and died at age 51. My Friends mother worked at the facility and died of lung cancer at age 48. My house was built in 1959 and is 10 miles from the site. It's when the government flat out lies saying that the area was not populated is what makes it frustrating. Who knows how much radiation we who lived here received? I was born and raised in the the San Fernando valley and remember the sounds of the rocket engines being tested. I know the history here. I am not anti Nuclear but I know the government tried to cover this up for a reason.

Bobby C.

A multi-year study after the Woolsey fire showed that contaminants from this site were spread up to 10km away. Meanwhile, the California agency responsible for overseeing the cleanup claimed, 1 month after the fire, that nothing left the site.

Per the cleanup agreement, this should have been cleaned up before the Woolsey fire. Residents should have never had to worry about this. We shouldn't even be having this discussion anymore.

It wasn't just the nuclear meltdown. It was also the illegal burning of dangerous chemicals into the '90s.

But I guess personal responsibility is only for people, not multi-billion dollar companies.

People giving this 5 stars and talking about how the 1-star people don't know what they're talking about, don't know what they're talking about.

Joe M.

Born in 1965, I lived at the corner of Platt and Vanowen until 1993. Mom and dad bought the home in 1958, one year after the accident. They planted all the plants, grass, and fruit trees.
I believe I have Aspergers and neurological problems due to the accident there.
Too many of my friends died of cancer, suffered serious mental issues, and committed suicide.

Hope C.

@TacticlleUnorganized I grew up less than 30 miles from Trojan nuclear power plant that provided Portland Oregon and surrounding areas w/ power through the 80s. Went on many-a fun field trips to the plant where there was a cool museum w/ all sorts of power-producing, fun hands-on things to try. It was really cool. I'm not anti-nuclear power at all. (I cried when they imploded the cooling towers about 15 yrs ago; like they were destroying fun childhood memories.) Anyway, I hope by now you are aware that this place here by Simi Valley & San Fernando did meltdown, and it was covered up by many money-grubbing individuals and companies who put profits before human lives. This place cut a lot of corners, just like USSR did with Chernobyl, and both had meltdowns.
Nuclear power can be a great thing but as long as powerful people and companies put money ahead of lives, it's a real gamble as to its safety!

Andiar R.

Underrated. Not a bad site. Many reviews here and exaggerated. People here also forget how common it was to smoke and how most adults in this entire nation were heavy smokers well into the late 80s