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Also further away from long range bombers, though I don't know if that was an immediate concern prior to the cold war, but surely anticipated. Fissile material
by madengr 8y ago
Also further away from long range bombers, though I don't know if that was an immediate concern prior to the cold war, but surely anticipated. Fissile materials are made further towards the coasts, but production and assembly is in Kansas City and Amarillo. Not to mention missile fields and bombers also in the central states.
- bpye 8y agoThere is an interesting documentary about how Britain dealt with nuclear materials despite not having remote locations like the US. It may be "Windscale: Britain's Biggest Nuclear Disaster", but I'm sorry if that's the wrong title.
- madengr 8y agoSaw that recently on YouTube. A plutonium fire in an air cooled reactor; what a mess.
- sgt101 8y agoLuckily the chimney had a filter - known as a cockcrofts folly when it was constructed. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-29803990 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-29803990