I think you'd have to be crazy to go there. It's still radiated and will be for practically forever. Of course, I visited Los Alamos, and that's a dumb thing to do, too.
I first heard about Skidboot months ago and I have watched the video (go to Youtube and select the first Skidboot video, the sound is better) many times. I loved this dog and wondered when he was going to die. I'm sad.
This is also the town that Bill Bryson wrote about in his book "A Walk in the Woods." It's fascinating that people refuse to leave even as the town dies around them.