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Science Gone WrongJun 16, 2026

The President in the Reactor

The President in the Reactor Chalk River, Ontario. December 1952. A reactor partially melted down. The US Navy sent a 28-year-old lieutenant. His name was Jimmy Carter. He led 23 men into the core. Each man had 90 seconds inside. That was a full year's radiation dose. They disassembled it by hand. Carter peed radioactive for months.

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