BOMARC missile accident site

40°2′4.43″N 74°26′34.56″W / 40.0345639°N 74.4429333°W / 40.0345639; -74.4429333

The BOMARC launch complex at McGuire AFB

BOMARC Site RW-01 is a 75-acre (30 ha)[1] fenced-off site contaminated primarily with "weapons-grade plutonium (WGP), highly-enriched and depleted uranium." On 7 June 1960 an explosion in a CIM-10 Bomarc missile fuel tank caused the accident and subsequent contamination. The explosion occurred at Launcher Shelter 204, McGuire AFB, Ocean County, New Jersey, approximately 16.1 miles (25.9 km) south-southeast of Trenton, New Jersey. Launcher Shelter 204 was one of fifty-four located at McGuire AFB, operated by the 46th Air Defense Missile Squadron.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Morgan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Cause of Bomarc Accident Not Announced by Air Force" (Google news archive). Eugene Register-Guard. June 8, 1960. Retrieved August 7, 2013.