Former nuclear site may become museum

Posted : Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:34:00 GMT
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COOPERSTOWN, N.D., Dec. 29 A site in North Dakota that housed nuclear warheads during the Cold War may have a second life -- as a museum.

Standing in the way of that transformation is a new one-year deadline against the State Historical Society of North Dakota to raise the $1 million necessary to fund the project, USA Today reported.

If the group cannot raise the funds by Dec. 31, 2007, the U.S. Air Force will dismantle the last of the nuclear facilities in North Dakota.

To reach its financial ends, a federal program entitled Save America's Treasures has received a $250,000 grant, and with the North Dakota Legislature possibly matching those funds, the group would be halfway to its final goal.

The paper said that among the memorabilia that would be featured at the site -- named Oscar Zero -- are a round escape hatch, electronic consoles and the red box that once held the site's launch keys.

By UPI

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