The molten salt reactor experiment in Tennessee, which was doing ground breaking work on nuclear reactor safety, was canceled. In large part because President Nixon and the power brokers running the Atomic Energy Commission at the time wanted the money spent in California instead. The president recorded a phone call with Congressman Craig Hosmer to get his support for the project.
Sneak preview of @ErikSTownsend’s upcoming docuseries about the coming global energy crisis.
Why it can’t be avoided, what caused it, and what it will take to solve it.
4th of 5 special episodes airing Sundays in January. Download associated .PDF https://bit.ly/3JoMzXD
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