Meltdown (2020)
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Nuclear Power - The First Commercial Reactor
Natasha Zaretsky: The first commercial nuclear reactor became operational in 1957. She says the federal government didn't just open up the pathway to linking nuclear power to the electric grid. According to Natasha, unlike other industrial sites like toxic waste dumps, nuclear power plants were often placed near white middle-class communities.
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