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Political Factoid
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
was part of the military crew
which, in 1952, fought to contain an
atomic accident at Canada's
Chalk River's NRX reactor.
- It sustained major damage to the
nuclear core and a significant spill of
cooling water in the basement
of the reactor building.
- At that time, Carter was one of only
24 people authorized to actually
"enter" a nuclear reactor.
- Each man was permitted to spend no more
than 90 seconds near the reactor's
overheated core.
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