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American History

Uncle Joe

(60,555 posts) Sat Oct 5, 2024, 10:49 AM Oct 2024

The amazing story of how a young Jimmy Carter helped avert a nuclear disaster [View all]

Feb 21, 2023

Rachel Maddow tells the story of a young Navy lieutenant from Georgia named Jimmy who played a key role in helping prevent a nuclear catastrophe in 1952.

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The amazing story of how a young Jimmy Carter helped avert a nuclear disaster [View all] Uncle Joe Oct 2024 OP

We Americans who consider this event are proud of Lieutenant James E. Carter. John1956PA Oct 2024 #1

While it is true that Jimmy Carter went into the core of the reactor, it is an huge exaggeration to say he "prevented... NNadir Oct 2024 #2

What would've been the result if nothing had been done by anyone? n/t Uncle Joe Oct 2024 #3

The radionuclides in the core would have decayed until the radiation level was much lower. NNadir Oct 2024 #4

How long would it take for the radionuclides in the core to decay to safe levels, and how large of an area Uncle Joe Oct 2024 #5

The major radioactivity of failed fuels is associated with short lived nuclides. NNadir Oct 2024 #6

Research would have been delayed and money would have been lost FBaggins Oct 2024 #7