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In reply to the discussion: Jimmy Carter is a more decent human being that any ReTHUG [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)98. Jimmy Carter, USN, is an Atomic Hero of the United States of America and Canada
A very brave officer of the United States Navy, Lt. James Earle Carter, Jr., personally led the effort to contain a reactor meltdown.
Jimmy Carter and Fukushima
Apr 2nd 2011, 11:42 by K.N.C. | TOKYO
The Economist
EXCERPT...
The fear and danger is beyond comprehension for most people, and in particular the political leaders who must order men in to danger. But interestingly, it is not unfamiliar to former American president Jimmy Carter. Nearly half a century ago, as a young naval officer, he led a 23-man team to dismantle a reactor that, like Fukushima, had partially melted down.
The reactor in Chalk River, Canada, about 180 kilometres (110 miles) from Ottawa, was used to enrich plutonium for America's atomic bombs. On December 12th 1952 it exploded, flooding the reactor buildings basement with millions of litres of radioactive water. Lieutenant Carter, a nuclear specialist on the Seawolf submarine programme, and his men were among the few people with the security clearance to enter a reactor. From Schenectady, New York, they rode the train up and got straight to work.
"The radiation intensity meant that each person could spend only about ninety seconds at the hot core location," wrote Mr Carter in "Why Not the Best?", an autobiography published in 1975 when he was campaigning for the presidency.
The team built an exact replica of the reactor on a nearby tennis court, and had cameras monitor the actual damage in the reactor's core. "When it was our time to work, a team of three of us practised several times on the mock-up, to be sure we had the correct tools and knew exactly how to use them. Finally, outfitted with white protective clothes, we descended into the reactor and worked frantically for our allotted time," he wrote. "Each time our men managed to remove a bolt or fitting from the core, the equivalent piece was removed on the mock-up."
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http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2011/04/japans_nuclear_clean-up
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Jimmie Carter is a very decent man. Even if Carter wanted to be the worse President
Thinkingabout
Mar 2014
#3
He stands apart from all recent Presidents. American democracy and the Constitution,
woo me with science
Mar 2014
#6
No, you are not speaking of historical fact. You're smearing, 100% fact free, link free.
merrily
Mar 2014
#55
This poster thinks a child can have a best friend who is black and be a "recovering racist".
L0oniX
Mar 2014
#87
Carter is not a racist. But it *is* definitely possible to be a racist while
newthinking
Mar 2014
#92
Speaking of shameful garbage, whatever he did or did not do, he's more than redeemed himself.
merrily
Mar 2014
#66
our remembrances of history is flawed, our search engine is flawed, and our asking you to cite sour
LanternWaste
Mar 2014
#112
I don't have to defend him. His bio says enough about his unbringing and his friends to refute
L0oniX
Mar 2014
#83
Could be. He must have short term memory loss. Shrub was hovering in the
Pretzel_Warrior
Mar 2014
#27
If the majority of people in this country had followed Carter's suggestions on energy,
bluestate10
Mar 2014
#22
Did someone say Ronald Reagan was a less decent human being than any Democrat?
gulliver
Mar 2014
#34
Jimmy Carter is not only a better human being than any rethug, he is better than most of any.....
DrewFlorida
Mar 2014
#47
And ronald reagan thoughtfully had the solar works on the White House roof removed.
calimary
Mar 2014
#93
Google "jimmy carter racist" ----> breitbart.com, nationalreview.com, newsrealblog.com et al
jsr
Mar 2014
#62
it's lovely that this thread is still thriving....God bless President Jimmy Cater
spanone
Mar 2014
#81
Jimmy Carter, USN, is an Atomic Hero of the United States of America and Canada
Octafish
Mar 2014
#98