US belies Spain claim on cleanup of Palomares bomb site
State Department contradicts claim that radioactive land was going to be cleaned up
Although the US Army removed much of the contaminated land years ago, there is still a lot of radiation in the area. Spain has made repeated efforts to get the US government to complete the cleanup.
"At the request of the government of Spain, a US interagency technical team led by the US Department of Energy visited Madrid and Palomares in February 2011 to discuss concerns and offer technical advice on the [...] rehabilitation plan for the Palomares site," Toner said.
On Friday, Spain's Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo had announced an imminent cleanup during a news conference with his Moroccan counterpart, who was visiting Madrid.