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Nuclear Meltdown of 1961
January 7, 2009 | EARTH Magazine

Last week marked the anniversary of the United States’ only fatal nuclear accident. Almost 50 years ago, three men were killed while doing maintenance work at the Idaho National Laboratory.


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