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courage to do the right thing. and so, i wanted to bring you my daughter, my daughter is a two-time cancer survivor at nine years old. >> can you do it? would you like to go to disneyland today? >> okay, let's go to disneyland! >> oh, yeah! >> are you coming? >> i'm coming to. >> she earned all these beads during her cancer treatment program. each bead represents something different. for example, red represents when she had -- black when she got booked with a needle, yellow for inpatient state, white for chemotherapy. this is what you earned the first month. i'd like to share with yo...

Los angeles. >> in the mid to late 1940s, the u.s. government was trying to find a location to do nuclear reactive development and testing. also rocket dusting. >> it was originally selected as a location to be away from populated areas, because they knew they were going to be doing research that could be potentially dangerous. >> they did it marvelously in the study to determine which would be the least dangerous place for a reactor testing facility. it ranked very poorly. they were concerned that any radioactivity that was released could probably get to populated areas nearby. it shows to --...

For social responsibility in los angeles. >> in the mid to late 1940s, the u.s. government was trying to find a location to do nuclear reactive development and testing. also rocket dusting. >> it was originally selected as a location to be away from populated areas, because they knew they were going to be doing research that could be potentially dangerous. >> they did it marvelously in the study to determine which would be the least dangerous place for a reactor testing facility. it ranged very poorly. they were concerned that any radioactivity that was released could probably get to populated...

>> in the mid to late 1940s, the u.s. government was trying to find the location this southern california to do nuclear reactor development testing and rocket testing. >> the field lab was originally selected as a location to be away from populated areas, because they knew they were going to be doing research that could be potentially dangerous. >> they did a marvelous study to determine what would be the least-dangerous place to put a reactor testing facility. and the santa susana reactor rated very poorly. they were concerned it could get to populated areas nearby. they chose to cite it anyw...