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"On the 4th of May, 1988, a controller at the Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (or PEPCON) chemical plant placed a call to local emergency services..."
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:44 - Background
02:11 - The PEPCON Disaster
07:29 - The Aftermath
MUSIC:
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory
SOURCES:
► "30 years ago, massive PEPCON explosion rocked Las Vegas Valley" by Lacanlale, published the Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 2018. Link: www.reviewjournal.com/local/l...
► "Former Henderson fire captain recalls day of PEPCON explosions" by Lacanlale, published the Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 2018. Link: www.reviewjournal.com/local/h...
► "Victim of Cedar explosion knew risks" by Mark L Reece, published by Deseret News, August 1997. Link: www.deseret.com/1997/8/2/1932...
► "One killed, three injured in southern Utah plant explosion" published by the Las Vegas Sun, July 1997. Link: lasvegassun.com/news/1997/jul...
► "Analysis of the Accidental Explosion at Pepcon, Henderson, Nevada, May 4, 1988" by Jack W Reed, published by the United States Department of Energy, November 1988. Available via: www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/66...
► "The PEPCON Disaster - Causative Factors and Potential Preventive and Mitigative Measures" by HE Lambert and NJ Alvares, published by the United States Department of Energy, July 2003. Available via: ntrl.ntis.gov/NTRL/dashboard/...
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