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...plant, the main British source of plutonium, saw danger signals on a temperature control instrument. A hurried second glance told them what had happened. One of the two nuclear reactors had been closed down all day; deep in the massive structure of graphite blocks, one or more canisters of uranium had grown red hot and burst open. Apparently the uranium, heated by its fierce radioactivity, was burning in an oldfashioned, chemical way by combining with oxygen in the air that is blown past to cool...
...Style Water. Workers and scientists in protective clothing played streams of carbon dioxide into the cooling channels, but the fire in the uranium did not go out. Police were alerted to evacuate the area, as scientists debated whether it would be safe to put out the strange, new-style fire with old-style water. The decision was made to go ahead, and hoses poked into the reactor soon put out the fire. The alert was canceled, and the single casualty, Worker Stan Ritson, who got unpleasantly radioactive, was scrubbed over and over and sent home with all his body hair...
Dividends. For the prospectors who uncovered its wealth, Ambrosia Lake has already started to issue dividends. Lou Lothmann sold out his original interest in the Dysart land to Rio de Oro Uranium Mines, Inc. for $200,000 in stock. Stella Dysart sold part of her share to Rio de Oro for $300,000 in stock, still holds a 12?% royalty interest...
They-and most other prospectors who followed them in staking claims-sold out because Ambrosia Lake's uranium is down too deep (350 ft. to 1,500 ft.) for their own limited resources. They had no trouble finding big-company buyers...
Search. Altogether, one mine is producing, one is near completion, nine more are being dug and four processing plants are going up. Companies are spending $75 million to burrow, build, and explore in this area. Within a year, Ambrosia Lake will have 7,275 tons of uranium mill capacity a day-about half the U.S. total. But Ambrosia Lake's mining men are plowing up surrounding areas in search of more ore. Floyd Odium's Lisbon Uranium Corp. is prospecting around nearby San Mateo Dome, and Superior Oil Co. (California), has struck ore 30 miles west...