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Oh, don't be suprised. The attitudes were cavalier at best, criminally moronic (or downright despicable) at worst Usa of the western countries has the worst tra
by emp_zealoth 10y ago
Oh, don't be suprised. The attitudes were cavalier at best, criminally moronic (or downright despicable) at worst
Usa of the western countries has the worst track record. (Injecting people with plutonium, irradiating prisoners and troops, etc etc)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanford_Site#Environmental_concerns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanford_Site#Environmental_con...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Flats_Plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Flats_Plant
The british didn't want to install air filters in this one at first - they were an addon in the very last stages of construction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanford_Site#Environmental_concerns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanford_Site#Environmental_con...
- mikeash 10y agoFor that last one, I assume you meant this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windscale_fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windscale_fire That one has always amazed me. A nuclear reactor just sitting in open air! Moderated by a flammable material! And then everyone is shocked, shocked! when it catches fire. But at least Windscale and the others had the excuse of being military projects. I'd have hoped a civilian reactor would be at least marginally sane.