Talk:PEPCON disaster
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[edit] Source of article
A lot of this article is taken word for word from the FEMA Report which I believe is in the public domain.
- From the front page of the report: "This is Report 021 of the Major Fires Investigation Project conducted by TriData Corporation under contract EMW-8-4321 to the United States Fire Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency." ... Based on this I would say that it is more likely than not that the report is NOT public domain and that we'll need to trash the bulk of the article. Only works produced by federal government employees as part of their work are PD, not generally works produced under contract. We need to contact FEMA to confirm and potentially take action. If it does turn out to be PD there are a number of good photographs inside that we could use. --Gmaxwell 15:28, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cleanup Notes
I noticed the tone cleanup tag and investigated to find the reason it was marked. I found no history on who tagged this, nor when or why, all of which seems to violate the Wiki:Cleanup rules and procedures.
This topic was the focus of a "Modern Marvels" episode on the History Channel this evening, and both presentations appear to be in agreement with each other.
The article seems to conform to the NPOV criteria. If there is a style problem, then it must be identified in a specific manner that can be addressed. Kenny56 04:17, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Spike TV
Go to www.spiketv.com to see the show called World's Scariest Explosions caught on tape shown on 2-5-06. This disaster is featured in that show. It shows a BIG hole being blown into the desert floor when the plant detonated. Martial Law 05:11, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Two Victims
According the the FEMA Report the two victums were the man who called the fire department and an employee in a wheelchair. However, on Discovery Channel's "Blueprint for Disaster: Destruction in the Desert", an episode on the PEPCON disaster, two former employee's state that the two vitims were the man who called the fire department and another man who was watching the fire and ignored their requests for him to leave, with no mention of him being in a wheelchair.
Historical Correction:
Western Electrochemical Company (WECCO) started perchlorate production in 1941 in Los Angeles. WECCO closed its Los Angeles plant in 1948. All its operations were transferred to Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1952. Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation was located in Henderson, Nevada. This plant began production of perchlorates for the United States Navy in May 1945 under operation of WECCO. In 1955, WECCO merged with American Potash and Chemical Company (AP & CC). Kerr-McGee acquired the AP & CC plant in 1967 and in 1997 announced the sale of its ammonium perchlorate business to American Pacific Corporation (AMPAC). The Henderson plant produced sodium perchlorate, potassium perchlorate, ammonium perchlorate and magnesium perchlorate. PEPCON began sodium and ammonium perchlorate production in 1958 at its Henderson, Nevada, facility. PEPCON merged with AMPAC in 1982. The 1988 explosion closed the plant
[edit] Estimated size of explosions?
Has anyone published estimates of the sizes of the explosions? I'm curious how they compare to nuclear blasts in terms of megatons of TNT. --63.105.26.46 19:01, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
