Antarctica’s Nuclear Past - Neatorama

Antarctica’s Nuclear Past - Neatorama: Today it's hard to imagine a nuclear power plant in Antartica. Environmental regulations for the continent are pretty strict, and the many countries that operate on the continent are bound by them, with the goal of keeping Antartica as pristine as possible while conducting research there. But there was a small nuclear reactor at McMurdo Station in the 1960s, constructed to save money on shipping fuel to the American station.“Nukey Poo” began producing power for the McMurdo station in 1962, an...