Word: happening
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...which makes the appearance of Meltdown at Montague especially welcome. The pamphlet/book, compiled by a group of students and faculty at political trend-setting Hampshire College, details what would happen if a nuclear reactor's radioactive pile got out of control. Known in the trade as "meltdown" because the core reaches an incredible temperature and eventually fuses together--the process creates a virtually unstoppable reaction that releases large quantities of radiation into the atmosphere...
...reaction, knocking out both the primary and secondary safety systems. Plant engineers later said it was a miracle that they managed to regain control over the reactor before it blew up completely. The point of this book is simply to inform the reader that a total meltdown might happen someday--and probably will, unless society becomes more careful in using nuclear power or swears it off entirely...
...HAMPSHIRE GROUP--a self-described collective of five professors and eight students--concludes with a rather grim caveat: "There is only one thing which is certain about improbable events. Sooner or later they happen." As a handbook for anyone concerned with or morbidly fascinated by the prospects of nuclear power, Meltdown at Montague hits the mark. It is a fine example of well-reasoned literature in a field given to hysteria on all sides; it is the kind of book the anti-nuke movement needs...
...this is the nature of human brains. [If] there is an agreement between the parties negotiating?then everybody will rejoice that there is an agreement. And if there is no agreement, the [present] arrangement for Palestinian autonomy and Israeli security will continue. So in either case nothing wrong can happen. Therefore, I am optimistic about the future...
...Nothing will happen. The Palestinian Arabs will have their autonomy, we will have our security. We shall live together...