Inside Nuclear Reactors

Inside a Nuclear Reactor
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Pioneer Plant
Scotland's Dounreay reactor, seen here during its 1956 construction, was Britain's first nuclear facility. The designers boasted that one ton of uranium could produce the same energy as a million tons of coal. No word on whether they spoke as loudly about the risks.

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