The SL-1 accident is the only fatal nuclear reactor event to ever occur on US soil.An earth-shattering explosion at the Stationary Low-Power Plant Number 1 (SL-1) in January 1961 saw all three technicians on staff killed during what was meant to be routine maintenance of the government lab's nuclear reactor.Following a painstaking operation, the men's bodies were retrieved - at the cost of 790 others being exposed to radiation out in 's Lost River desert.
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