SL-1 reactor meltdown - video and photos

[Altair]

Aftermath photos of the National Reactor Testing Station's Stationary Low-Power Reactor Number One (SL-1) experimental reactor which underwent a steam explosion and meltdown on January 3, 1961. Three operators lost their lives.

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