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'Burlington', Corsham, Wilts.

The 'Burlington' nuclear bunker near Corsham in Wiltshire was built during the 1950s, at the height of the Cold War and decommissioned in 1989 to be maintained by a small number of staff as a cost of about �1-million a year.

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1945.Jul.16		Underground detonation of the first atomic bomb at Alamo Gordo, New Mexico The detonation put traces of the isotope Strontium 90 - unknown before in nature - into the bones of all vertibrates providing a forensic test
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1945.Aug.06		First atomic bomb used in anger dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, by the USA during World War II 140,000 people are estimated to have been killed by the bomb
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1945.Aug.09		USA drops the second atomic bomb of World War II on Nagasaki 74,000 people are estimated to have been killed
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1989		Decommissioning of the Burlington nuclear bunker near Corsham in Wilts. built in the 1950s Thesite continuestobe maintained by a smallnumberof staff at acost of about �1-milliona year
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