Just a playlist of every disaster video I've ever made
Curated by: Fascinating Horror (333 videos)
This short documentary tells the story of Chalk River - a research facility in Canada that was the location of the world's first ever nuclear meltdown... Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel! *LINKS:* 🔗 ► My other channel: https://www.youtube.com/@FascinatingHistoric ► Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/fascinatinghorror | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ/join ► Follow me: https://twitter.com/TrueHorrorTales | https://www.instagram.com/fascinatinghorror/ | https://www.facebook.com/horrorfascinating ► Get in touch: hello@fascinatinghorror.co.uk *CHAPTERS:* 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 00:55 - Background: Chalk River Laboratories ► 04:31 - The 1952 Accident ► 08:44 - The 1958 Accident ► 10:47 - The Aftermath *MUSIC:* 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory *SOURCES:* 📑 ► "Chalk River: The Forgotten Nuclear Accidents" by Melissa Guillemette, translated by Neil Smith, published by The Walrus, July 2022. Link: https://thewalrus.ca/nuclear-accidents/ ► "Jimmy Carter and Canada’s Worst Nuclear Reactor Accident" by Ian Austen, published by The New York Times, January 2025. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/world/canada/jimmy-carter-nuclear-canada-chalk-river.html ► 1952 Accident Report, published by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, July 1953. Available via: https://ncsp.llnl.gov/sites/ncsp/files/2021-11/065.ref_065.pdf ► "Atomic Accidents" by James Mahaffey, published by Pegasus Books, February 2015. Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Atomic_Accidents/cuiZAgAAQBAJ ► Eye Witness (Episode One), directed by Don Mulholland, published by the National Film Board of Canada, 1947. Available via: https://www.nfb.ca/film/eye-witness-no1/ ► "ZEEP —Canada’s First Nuclear Reactor" published by Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation, 2014. Available via: https://web.archive.org/web/20140306233719/http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/whatson/zeep.cfm #documentary #history #truestories #disaster #nuclear #canada
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