We Almost Lost Detroit
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We Almost Lost Detroit, a 1975 Reader's Digest book by John G. Fuller,[1] presents a history of Fermi 1, America's first commercial breeder reactor, with emphasis on the 1966 partial nuclear meltdown.[2][3]
It took four years for the reactor to be repaired, and then performance was poor. In 1972, the reactor core was dismantled and the reactor was decommissioned. America's first effort at operating a full-scale breeder had failed.[2]
Reception
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists felt it was "a significant book and it is well worth reading." They felt it explained how the accident happened but not why.[4] Kirkus Reviews called it "the heaviest broadside against the Atomic Energy Commission in years".[5]
Cultural impact
This song was also covered by Ron Holloway on his album, Groove Update, which features Gil Scott-Heron on vocals.[7]
Scott-Heron’s song, in turn, provides the reference to the 2020 documentary We Almost Lost Bochum about the hip hop group RAG from Bochum in western Germany.[8]
See also
- List of books about nuclear issues
- Nuclear and radiation accidents
References
- LCCN 75017870.
- ^ ISBN 9780060153366.
- ^ Patterson, Walter C (1976). Nuclear Power (PDF). Penguin Books. pp. 185–186.
- ISSN 0096-3402.
- ^ "Kirkus Review: We Almost Lost Detroit". Kirkus Reviews. 1975-10-13. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
- YouTube(March 14, 1990 in London, UK)
- ^ "The Ron Holloway Band: Music". Retrieved 2017-11-02.
- ^ "We Almost Lost Bochum - Films - home". www.german-documentaries.de. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
Further reading
- Hough, Raymond L. (1975-10-01). "We Almost Lost Detroit (Book Review)". Library Journal. Vol. 100, no. 17. p. 1808. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.