A Brief History of: The Lucens Reactor Meltdown (Short Documentary)
Channel: Plainly Difficult
Date: 2020-10-10

#nuclear #swiss #history 

After a few industrial accidents we are back to looking at a nuclear industry disaster and this one has been on my to do list for quite some time. 

This is mainly due to it being a nuclear reactor inside an underground cavern James Bond villain style. Today we are looking at the ill fated and short lived Lucens reactor in Switzerland.  

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