"That time the US President, an expert in nuclear physics, heroically lowered himself into the reactor and saved Ottawa, Canada’s capital?"

A look back occasioned by a NY Post headline this morning.*

Via University of Ottawa physicist, Jeff Lundeen:

Do you remember the world’s very first nuclear meltdown? That time the US President, an expert in nuclear physics, heroically lowered himself into the reactor and saved Ottawa, Canada’s capital?

Sounds like schlocky action movie, but it actually happened! pic.twitter.com/LtAQYC79QZ

— Jeff Lundeen (@LundeenOttawa) December 15, 2021

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