β Scribed by McKeown, William Thomas
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The little-known true story of a mysterious nuclear reactor disasterβyears before Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, or Fukushima.
Before the Three Mile Island incident or the Chernobyl disaster, the worldβs first nuclear reactor meltdown to claim lives happened on US soil. Chronicled here for the first time is the strange tale of SL-1, an experimental military reactor located in Idahoβs Lost River Desert that exploded on the night of January 3, 1961, killing the three crewmembers on duty.
Through exclusive interviews with the victimsβ families and friends, firsthand accounts from rescue workers and nuclear industry insiders, and extensive research into official documents, journalist William McKeown probes the many questions surrounding this devastating blast that have gone unanswered for decades.
From reports of faulty design and mismanagement to incompetent personnel and even rumors of sabotage after a failed love affair, these plausible explanations raise startling new questions about whether the truth was deliberately suppressed to protect the nuclear energy industry. **
"McKeown does succeedβ¦in exposing how it was possible for the wealth of rumors and speculation to gain so much momentum." -- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Chicago, Illinois
William McKeown has been a reporter and editor at newspapers in Idaho, California, and Colorado. His work has been recognized by the Associated Press, the Colorado Press Association, and the Best of the West journalism competition. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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