Navy hid a 1988 radioactive reactor water discharge in Guam’s harbor

Evidence

In 1988, a nuclear submarine discharged radioactive reactor water in the harbor at Naval Base Guam. Navy officials never informed locals, who learned of the accident only after it was reported in a San Diego newspaper. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 420

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

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