What You Are NoSupposed To Know About Nuclear Power . At BNL, all things nuclear are pushed. And through the years, the BNL scientists have downplayed any dangers of nuclear technology, often on behalf of commercial nuclear interests.
Gasoline is pretty toxic material.
Now the nuclear controversy has come home to roost. The intense pollution is both on and off-site. The resulting fire exposed seven BNL staffers to radiation which also was released into the air outside the reactor building. At BNL, it's experiments first, safety second, third, fourth, fifth or whatever.