Environmental Cleanup Radiation 1961 AEC

Environmental cleanup of radiation after the SL-1 nuclear reactor accident in 1961. Before Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, there was the SL-1 nuclear accident, the only fatal reactor accident in the United States. This clip is taken from the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's (AEC) film, SL-1 The Accident: Phases I and II. It describes, using real and recreated film footage, the events surrounding this 1961 nuclear accident, the initial emergency response and the early response to protect the public and the environment. Three workers were killed in this incident, the first worker fatalities associated with nuclear power. For more information on the Sl-1 and this tragic incident, link to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SL-1 . The entire 40 minute film is available for viewing and downloading at the Internet Archives.

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• Idaho

[zeberdee1972]

@baileys60 , yep they get the darwin award for stupidity ......but i guess back then they knew no better or just didnt care ?

[zeberdee1972]

oh resin or sealant sprays !!!!!! wear off eventually so days , weeks , months or if your lucky years latter the resin wears off back to square one .!!!!!! you all fall ill but if its long enough maybe you wont blame the radiation accident !!!! ? does that sound good to you ?

[zeberdee1972]

HHHMMM , not being funny but hoseing down a road with water to clean the road is wrong !!!! . Yes the tarmac is clean but the dirt and any water ....rivers ...streams ....aquafurs etc are contaminated . Best thing seal of all drains , rivers etc . Dig up all contaminated surfaces , seal and disspose off as in storage or lesser contamination insineration . But just to hose a road !!!! your pushing it from one area to an even bigger area . think of a fuel or chemical spill and what you would do

[baileys60]

i think the operators recived the adrwin award