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Nuclear power has always been State financed

It was almost exclusively State-controlled, State-financed and State-operated. Its strategic deployment and costs were ultimately linked to the real business of the atom – nuclear weapons making and state security which, of course, was a State secret.

The Atomic Reality At the time when “Funky Town” was regular disco fodder circa 1977, nuclear power generation was still almost totally and exclusively reserved for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, the USSR and to a smaller extent, China and India. Continue reading →

September 30, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, history | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear bunker for USA Congress during Cold War

Where Congress Would Have Gone During a Cold War Nuclear Attack – Science and Tech – The Atlantic. Jul 19 2010 “……… The shelter was fully equipped and among its standard bunk-beds, TVs and furniture, which populate the “Graceland of Atomic Tourism,” there are a few very curious items. Among these are a special room meant for holding and calming members of Congress who can’t handle the stress, and an incinerator meant for “pathological waste,” or the Congressmen’s irradiated bodies. A huge 100-foot radio tower installed 4.5 miles away was connected to the bunker so that the congressmen could broadcast emergency messages…..” Read the full story at  Atlas Obscura.

Where Congress Would Have Gone During a Cold War Nuclear Attack – Science and Tech – The Atlantic

July 20, 2010 Posted by | history, USA | , , , , | Leave a comment

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