'Divine Strake' Postponed!! YKos Saved!!

The huge test explosion sneakily scheduled to intimidate attendees at Yearly Kos has hit a snag:

Nevada environmental officials have halted a massive, non-nuclear explosion scheduled for June 2 at the Nevada Test Site until the federal agency hosting the blast shows it will comply with air quality standards and that hazardous particles can be tracked, letters released Tuesday reveal.

There's a contaminated area adjacent to the site where they planned to do the test, and the State wants the possibility of spreading the contamination addressed. Likely just a short delay and a paperwork shuffle, but...

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