Charlie Stross on Nostr: Oh good, one of those research sites so notorious they renamed it and tiptoed away: ...
Oh good, one of those research sites so notorious they renamed it and tiptoed away:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Susana_Field_Laboratory"... including the Sodium Reactor Experiment, the first reactor in the United States to generate electrical power for a commercial grid, and the first commercial power plant in the world to experience a partial core meltdown"
(29km northwest of Hollywood is probably just far enough away that it won't do worse than crack the windows when it finally explodes.)
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