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In reply to the discussion: I'm not a churchy person but I went up to Plains, GA, to see Jimmy Carter preach at his church [View all]Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)And did you know he was part of a clean-up crew once of a radioactive facility?
Look at this:
Chalk River was also the site of two nuclear accidents in the 1950s. The first incident occurred in 1952, when there was a power surge and partial loss of coolant in the NRX reactor which resulted in significant damage to the core. The control-rods could not be lowered into the core, because of mechanical problems and human errors. Three rods did not reach their destiny, and were taken out again by accident. The fuel-rods were overheated, resulting in a meltdown. The reactor and the reactor-building were seriously damaged by hydrogen-explosions. The seal of the reactor-vessel was blown up four feet. In the cellar of the building some 4.500 tons of radioactive water was found. This water was dumped in ditches around 1600 meters from the border of the Ottawa River. During this accident some 10.000 curie or 370 TBq was released.[3] Future U.S. president Jimmy Carter, then a U.S. Navy officer, was part of the clean up crew.[4][5] Two years later the reactor was in use again.[6]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalk_River_Laboratories
He was peeing radioactive urine for a while after that.