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050	0	0	_aTK 1078 _bF84 1975
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100	1		_aFuller, John G. _q(John Grant), _d1913-1990. _eauthor _91090
245	1	0	_aWe almost lost Detroit / _cJohn G. Fuller.
260			_aNew York : _bReader's Digest Press, _c1975.
300			_a272 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
500			_aNo table of contents included.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 248-261) and index.
520			_a"This is the documented, true account of what happened on the afternoon of October 5, 1966, when the control panel inside the Enrico Fermi atomic reactor near Detroit, Michigan, suddenly registered high radiation levels, a sign of critical danger. The alarm sounded, the reactor's containment shell was automatically sealed off, and safety devices were activated. But no one knew whether the controls would hold, or whether they were facing a runaway atomic meltdown. It was entirely possible that the reactor might explode and breach the containment building, thereby releasing enough radioactive material to destroy thousands of square miles of surrounding land. Critical questions had to be faced: Detroit was only thirty miles away. How quickly could two million people be evacuated? In which direction should they travel? What about panic? Looting? How long could public officials wait before telling the truth to the public? These matters had to be considered in utmost secrecy. Meanwhile, the engineers in the reactor's control room watched, waited, and hoped for the best. This is the blood-chilling, minute-by-minute account of that near disaster. In relating it, John Fuller takes us on a nuclear odyssey that explores the entire atomic energy question - the dangers of the present drive toward solving our energy problems by use of atomic fission. The result is a factual, though-provoking, and often frightening picture of the peaceful atom." -- From the dust jacket.
610	2	0	_aEnrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant, Michigan. _91091
650		0	_aNuclear power plants _xAccidents. _91092
856	4	1	_uhttps://archive.org/details/wealmostlostdetr00full _zClick here to access online
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