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Title: History Of The Day - Deadly Incident at Experimental US Nuclear Power Reactor (1960)
Post by: TFD on Jan 03, 2014, 07:31 AM
The only fatal nuclear reactor incident in US history occurred at the US Army's SL-1 experimental nuclear reactor. It was being restarted after an 11-day shutdown when a control rod was withdrawn too far, causing a "prompt critical" reaction. Water surrounding the core explosively vaporized and lifted the enormous reactor vessel more than 9 ft (2.7 m) off the ground. All three operators—one of whom was impaled and pinned to the ceiling—died. Why was the incident rumored to be a murder-suicide? Discuss (http://forum.thefreedictionary.com/postst51459_Deadly-Incident-at-Experimental-US-Nuclear-Power-Reactor--1960-.aspx)