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March 4, 1962: Nuclear Age Comes to Antarctica (Wired News) |
1962: The United States fires up the first — and only — nuclear reactor in Antarctica. While the idea of placing a nuclear plant in such an ecologically sensitive location may seem like madness today, in the pre- Chernobyl , pre– Three Mile Island world of 1962, nuclear power was seen as a cost-effective, efficient and relatively safe way of providing power to permanent Antarctic research …
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