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Lt. Carter saved a nuclear reactor in Canada by exposing himself to radiation to repair fuel rod (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2023 OP
For a second I thought it was Samantha Carter GreenWave Feb 2023 #1
For real? I thought that was just the Pepsi Syndrome. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2023 #2
... roamer65 Feb 2023 #8
oldie but a goodie Locrian Feb 2023 #12
I've been looking for that. This was the best I could find. Crunchy Frog Feb 2023 #18
He deserves sabbat hunter Feb 2023 #3
I'm betting he wants none of that n/t malaise Feb 2023 #5
Definitely. roamer65 Feb 2023 #9
Something like that will never be in Trump's biography. nt SunSeeker Feb 2023 #4
Trump is radiation. yardwork Feb 2023 #6
It might be in Santos'........ n/m lastlib Feb 2023 #13
Badass. maveric Feb 2023 #7
Kick dalton99a Feb 2023 #10
I remember the spoof that Saturday Night Live did about that incident. gab13by13 Feb 2023 #11
The Pepsi Syndrome. Crunchy Frog Feb 2023 #19
Fair winds and following seas. paleotn Feb 2023 #14
... Drum Feb 2023 #21
President Carter is a hero LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2023 #15
Prayers up for you Mr President! LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2023 #16
I wonder if this was an inspiration for the story line of Star Trek Into Darkness WarGamer Feb 2023 #17
k&r and Thanks Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2023 #20
The amazing story of how Navy lieutenant Jimmy Carter helped avert a nuclear disaster in 1952 LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2023 #22
k&r BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 2023 #23

GreenWave

(6,766 posts)
1. For a second I thought it was Samantha Carter
Sat Feb 18, 2023, 06:32 PM
Feb 2023
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Way to go Jimmy!

sabbat hunter

(6,835 posts)
3. He deserves
Sat Feb 18, 2023, 06:33 PM
Feb 2023

to lie in state at the US Capitol when he does die. A good man, lost to a racist. Deserved better.

gab13by13

(21,408 posts)
11. I remember the spoof that Saturday Night Live did about that incident.
Sat Feb 18, 2023, 08:23 PM
Feb 2023

Was it Garrett Morris and Bill Murray. Morris was a clean up lady who was told to go in and clean up a spill with a mop and bucket. (radioactive spill)

Oh that was for 3 mile island I think.

paleotn

(17,971 posts)
14. Fair winds and following seas.
Sat Feb 18, 2023, 09:23 PM
Feb 2023

From one former member of the silent service to another, that's one LT I'd have been proud to serve with.

WarGamer

(12,484 posts)
17. I wonder if this was an inspiration for the story line of Star Trek Into Darkness
Sun Feb 19, 2023, 07:16 PM
Feb 2023

Where Kirk saves the ship inside the Warp Core and dies from radiation poison...

Before being revived by the blood of Khan... lol

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