PALOMARES BROKEN ARROW 50TH ANNIVERSARY

Nuclear disaster in Almería, Spain. Almanzora River (bomb 1) is a dry river with partial pools at its mouth; although neighbors say that “when comes water take-all”. It’s an area where countermeasures were not taken after the accident because is a dry and uninhabited zone. In 1973 the water receded, a large volume of earth was shifted to the sea, renewing the river and the land of the hillside. There are no reports about land poured into the coasts of Villaricos and Vera Playa (the nearest locations). In 1985 the Nuclear Energy Board (JEN) acknowledged the existence of radioactive waste in the zone, with levels up to 20 times higher that is recommended in populated areas.