Talk:Iowa Army Ammunition Plant

History of fatal accidents at Iowa AAP

Iowa AAP has a history of accidental explosions resulting in multiple fatalities.

• 2 killed in explosion 12 June 2006 http://spanky.thehawkeye.com/features/IAAP/breaking/b1_0614.html
• 5 killed in explosion 7 June 1968 http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19680608&id=RGcxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mwEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2025,668035
• 4 killed in explosion 23 June 1967
• 1 killed in explosion 1 July 1966
• 4 killed in explosion 18 June 1958
• 2 killed in explosion 5 May 1955
• 22 killed in explostion 22 March 1942
• 13 killed in explosion 13 December 1941

Above cited in Burlington Hawkeye article of 9 June 1968 reporting on 7 June 1968 accident

http://www.brumm.com/genealogy/showmedia.php?mediaID=5646&medialinkID=7442&PHPSESSID=1bf779fbde1fec4673e3ec6b631deb7f — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.127.180.30 (talk) 12:06, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Burlington AEC Plant

Although the page Burlington AEC Plant links to this page, as the facility was co-located with the Army Ammunition Plant, there's no reference in the document to the AEC component. Various references indicate this was the original and primary assembly location for US nuclear weapons between 1947 (start of AEC operations) and 1951 and continued through 1975 when the Pantex facility in Texas took over. The AEC portion was variously referenced as Line 1, Division B or the BAECP.

• https://iowafwp.org/documents/FWP_presentation.pdf
• https://www.iowafwp.org/line1/history.html
• https://www.dayzim.com/doe-75th-anniversary
• https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/voices/location/ames-ia/