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I would imagine that in military and defense circles, there are hundreds of highly classified nuclear incidents that we'll never, ever know about in our lifetim
by blantonl 5y ago
I would imagine that in military and defense circles, there are hundreds of highly classified nuclear incidents that we'll never, ever know about in our lifetimes.
The work and materials that these folks worked with in the 50's and 60's were probably so outrageously dangerous that it would bend the mind to think what they were capable of accidentally doing and how much destruction and mayhem that was/could have been caused due to a mistake.
- robonerd 5y agoClose calls can certainly be hidden, but serious nuclear accidents that result in appreciable release of radioactive materials are another story. Those are very hard to hide for long (there have certainly been attempts though.) I think by now we know about about most of the accidents. For instance, the British government initially tried to cover up the Windscale fire, but they couldn't hide the release of Polonium.
- mixmastamyk 5y agoSee the Santa Susana field lab and other coverups. Dark of the Valley is a recent doc on the situation. In short, they built a reactor in the hills in a simple building without containment. Worked fine until it exploded.