There’s one grave in Arlington National Cemetery you can’t dig up — because it’s still radioactive. The story belongs to Richard Leroy McKinley, a young soldier who died in America’s first and only fatal nuclear reactor accident, the SL-1 explosion in Idaho, 1961. After the blast released 20,000 megawatts of deadly energy, McKinley’s body became so radioactive it had to be buried in a lead- and steel-sealed coffin, deep under concrete. Today, his grave — Section 31, Plot 472 — remains the only r
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This Thursday, Local News 8 looks back at the only deadly nuclear accident in American history. On January 3, 1961, an explosion at the SL-1 reactor at what's now the Idaho National Lab claimed three lives and changed the world of nuclear energy forever. From the tragedy at SL-1 to the fact that every commercial reactor on Earth traces its roots back to Idaho—this is a story you can't miss. Watch Thursday at 5 p.m. 📺 on Local News 8 or stream online: https://localnews8.com/livestream/ | KIFI Lo
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