GC12DXK Just The Tip (Unknown Cache) in California, United States created by Salmon Falls Widow

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Hidden : 4/24/2007

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This cache is hidden along HWY 104 but NOT at the above coordinates. To find this gem you will need to do a bit of internet research.
There is parking at the site, but be careful to pull completely off the road. Bring a pen(cil) to sign the log.

From miles around you can see the twin cooling towers of Rancho Seco park. From this particular spot however, all you can see is Just The Tip of the two towers.

Coordinates for the cache are: N ABC W DEFG

A- In this year, the first successful experiment with nuclear fission was conducted in Berlin by the German physicists Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann. A= last 2 digits

B- On this date in history, Electricity was generated for the first time by a nuclear reactor at the EBR-I experimental fast breeder station near Arco, Idaho, which initially produced about 100 kW. convert date to numerals mn/op/qrst - B=NO

C- Uranium is a common element, approximately as common as tin or zinc, and it is a constituent of most rocks and of the sea. The world's present measured resources of uranium, economically recoverable at a price of XXX $/kg, are enough to last for some 70 years at current consumption. C=XXX (per Wikipedia)

D- Uranium enrichment produces many tons of depleted uranium (DU) which consists of U-YYY with most of the easily fissile U-235 isotope removed. This is a tough metal with several commercial uses — for example, aircraft production, radiation shielding, and making bullets and armor. D= YYY-117

E- The Chernobyl disaster was a major accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat, Ukraine Soviet Union, consisting of an explosion at the plant and subsequent radioactive contamination of the surrounding geographic area. It is regarded as the worst accident ever in the history of nuclear power. E= Numerical Value of MONTH of accident

F- On March 28, 1979, in the USA, the Unit 2 nuclear power plant (a pressurized water reactor) on the ????? station in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania near Harrisburg suffered a partial core meltdown. This was the worst accident in American commercial nuclear power generating history, even though it led to no deaths or injuries to plant workers or members of the nearby community.[29] Importantly, the reactor vessel did not rupture. F= First word of station

G- Health officials from the Nuclear Energy Agency have predicted that over the next ZZ years there will be a 0.01% increase in cancer rates above the base rate in much of the population that was exposed to the 5–12 (depending on source) EBq of radioactive contamination released from the reactor.(in regards to the Chernobyl disaster). G= ZZ

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Purpxfhz abegu rdhnyf bar uhaqerq avargl, jrfg rdhnyf bar uhaqerq avargl rvtug

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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