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Station, an experimental power plant in idaho. the site was destroyed when the core's control rod was improperly manually removed causing a meltdown. it is the only known fatal reactor accident in the u.s. three of the plant's operators were killed including two army specialist and a navy electrician's mate. an investigation revealed the men were so heavily exposed to radiation that their hands had to be buried separately with other radioactive waste and their bodies buried in lead coffins. the reactor is gone,ç but ther is still evidence of the incident. this is the grave of one of the vict...

>> that's how amazing this little cube of one pound of uranium is. >> but that tells you how much energy is stored in there. >> it is what boils the steam into pressure, that pressures the turbines that makes the power. you could put a giant bowl of coal down here and run it forever, but this control rod, fuel rod, steam line makes an awful lot of power in a small space. so let's go the pressure vessel, the control rods, the fuel rods. zoom right in. the fuel rods made of uranium 235 go into the water here. the water steams and makes a lot of pressure. when you want to cool down your pressure,...