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kleinbl00 · 1999 days ago · link · · parent · post: Kyshtym: The Nuclear Disaster That Was Kept Secret For 30 Years
We grew up calling it Chelyabinsk, probably because the lab that ran the place was Chelyabinsk-70. The name likely changed once there was something with more video. Not mentioned in the article (which is mostly a rip from three different Wikipedia articles) is the fact that the facility wasn't shut down for any of this and has, in fact, been in continuous operation since 1948. It's still making the news. You may think that nuclear power is dangerous. You may not. Either way, a Stalinist crash-course breeder reactor designed to take advantage of the Rosenberg data before the Imperialists destroy the Motherland is pretty much peak Safety Hazard. 