Idaho Falls

Author: William McKeown
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1550225626

Idaho Falls: The Untold Story of America's First Nuclear Accident

When asked to name the world's first major nuclear accident, most people cite the Three Mile Island incident or the Chernobyl disaster. Download Idaho Falls: The Untold Story of America's First Nuclear Accident from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. Revealed in this book is one of American history's best-kept secrets: the world's first nuclear reactor accident to claim fatalities happened on United States soil. Chronicled here for the first time is the strange tale of SL-1, a military test reactor located in Idaho's Lost River Desert that exploded on the night of January 3, 1961, killing the three-man maintenance crew on duty. Through details uncovered in official documents, firsthand accounts from rescue workers and nuclear industry insiders, and exclusive interviews with the victims' families and friends, this book probes intriguing questions abou Search and find a lot of engineering books in many category availabe for free download.

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