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Atomic America: How a Deadly Explosion and a Feared Admiral Changed the Course of Nuclear History by Todd Tucker

Atomic America: How a Deadly Explosion and a Feared Admiral Changed the Course of Nuclear History

Todd Tucker

288 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative tense medium-paced
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On January 3, 1961, nuclear reactor SL-1 exploded in rural Idaho, spreading radioactive contamination over thousands of acres and killing three men. The army blamed “human error†and a sordid love triangle. Though overshadowed by Three Mile Isl...

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