Hell NO and the UNC screwed Robert Peabody family over with a 22k settlement ... Mr Jason again one of your best videos this year you sir you are a National Rhode Island treasure
I’ve lived in the Westerly, RI area, right next to Charlestown for over two decades and never knew this. My wife is born and raised in Wood River Junction. She also never knew this. Amazing how citizens of an area where an incident like this could happen, never knew, and it’s so swept under the rug, it takes an amazing UA-camr and videographer like yourself to teach us. Thanks brother! Amazing work as usual. ❤
Probably because it didn't affect anything but the immediate vicinity of the plant. Yes someone died, but the effects were still very localized. To the newspaper this was only worthy of a side story and not front page news. Most likely the only people that remember this are people who worked there, and Robert's family.
Thanks for bringing us this story. I grew up in Rhode island. I was born in 1966. I never knew this place existed. Nevermind the accident. It wouldn't surprise me shortcuts were overlooked due to Rhode Islands infamous unethical politics . It's horrible what happened to Robert.
I lived in RI as a young man and had a job in which I would collect water samples at United Nuclear among other duties. I had to wear all kinds of clothing and a badge showing how much exposure I had while there. This was a true tragedy and clearly a fault of poor management for not developing proper procedures and supervision. Thank you for this video.
Great bringing attention to this story Jason. I remember reading about this in Yankee magazine in the 80's. Mr. Peabody deserves to be remembered. Hard working family man just doing his job. Hints of blame on his name should be erased. This video will help.
I worked security there from 1989-93. I wasn’t really aware what happened there until I started working security there. There was two office trailers with all kinds of documents and pictures being shredded that’s when I found all the information on what happened there. I was always in that tower where the accident happened and I didn’t even know it. I was always told by the one old timer that was still working security that the ambulance was buried out there. It is a beautiful spot with the Pawcatuck river running through it. I had access to all the 1100 acres it’s truly a great piece of land. I always dreamed of paying it and making a private hunting and fishing preserve. I’ve actually made a few videos on the area myself. Metal detecting there is old homesteads throughout the property. One nice one along the river. Great video I wish someone would but a plaque or something there in memory of peabody just a man doing his job. But I guess the would admit guilt on UNC part. I believe it was UNC fault for unsafe practices after reading all that stuff in the trailer before it got shredded. Great video! 🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆
The secrets we know. This comment should be saved and archived as record. Or else it will be lost in a few years with the way things are going, trying to hide the past and all..
Do you care to elaborate further on what happened to it? I've heard that it was relocated to the sight before it was all torn down. When it was torn down it was added to the building materials and sent to the landfill in Burrillville@@arthursmith6854
As far back as the 70s this incident was taught in the EMT certification classes in RI. Learning about radiation exposure and the end result was sobering and never to be forgotten. There was never any judgement but only heartfelt sympathy for Mr. Peabody and his family from all of us.
I remember hearing a story about a group of people in RI that attended the same high school and a large amount of these students developed a very rare form of brain cancer
I'd heard rumors about this place for ages. One such account from an electrician friend who was contracted to install a radiation monitor far from the plant and told not to mention it to anyone. Good to finally know the entire story. Thanks!
" to install a radiation monitor far from the plant and told not to mention it to anyone" But why? This was not a secret organisation, it was all above-board, nothing secret about it. The locals knew perfectly well what was going on there. Anyway, they'd have their own electricians. And they would not need an electrician to install a radiation detector, worst case they'd need one to bring power to a building. And they'd need a dozen detectors, good luck keeping that a secret. I know it's exciting to pretend this was all mysterious and scary, but it was just a company where something went horribly wrong and that is *all*.
Did you interview any of Mr. Peabodys children? I wonder if they're still living in that area. I have always been fascinated by this story and very sad for the family. May Robert Peabody rest in eternal peace.
I’m kinda disappointed that you didn’t mention the supervisor who went back inside after the FIRST two events to try and dump the radioactive waste down the drain.
That really is a Homer Simpson solution. In the decades following WW2, it seems like there was a nonchalant attitude toward toxic substances. "Hey, Ed, there's some radioactive liquid in there. The boss says to dispose of it. What do you think we should do?" "Don't sweat it. Just pour it down the drain." It's like they were living a fantasy such that, if they just tossed a chemical into a river or down the drain, it would go to another dimension and nothing bad would happen.
Brother your nuts if you think there aren't sites like this all over the u.s. Detroit is nothing more then a wast land with contaminated water and soil miles around the ford plant not to mention the whole town because of the steel industry
I was born in 1946 in nearby MA but was brought up in RI. I never heard of UNC or the accident. I joined the Navy in 1965 served on active duty until 1971, a total of six years. Went back to RI in 1972 and left that hell hole in 1977 and never went back!
A lovely detailed, sensitive retelling of the Wood River Junction tragedy. I was hoping on your walk to the old site, you'd bring a dosimeter with you to measure remaining radiation on the compound's footprint. Other UA-camrs do this, but as far as I know, not in the Eastern US.
I went to high school nearby and the only way I found out this place existed was through a photo in an old yearbook from the 70s that showed a local street sign referencing the plant. Thank you for the research and very well done video.
Allardheimer In all seriousness, your videos are so insightful and very impressive in their creativity and production value. I've lived in Rhode Island and have sought out all the strange and abandoned places around but have never heard of this one! Absolutely crazy how much dark stuff went on in this state during the 20th century alone. Thanks for this video! Never stop. EDIT: I have literally lived in Charlestown and NEVER heard of this.
Jason, thanks very much for this video. I am a retired Nuclear Criticality Safety Engineer, so I've known the basic details of this accident for many years, but it was great to see all the additional material from your research and the footage of your site visit. As i expect you noticed from LA-13638, "A Review of Criticality Accidents" there were many criticality accidents during the cold war. Military grade uranium and plutonium were precious strategic materials then and production pressures tended to discourage a slow and cautious approach to the development of safe processes and equipment. Today, we would say that Mr Peabody was "set up to fail" by shortfalls in plant and process design and in nuclear safety management.
Don’t forget that Harry Daghlian died of a supercritical excursion during an experiment with the “demo core”. He was exposed on 8/21/1945 and died on 9/15/1945 of extreme radiation exposure. Also another casualty of the demo core was to happen to Louis Slotin who also died of a supercritical excursion. He was exposed on 5/21/1946 and died on 5/30/1946 of extreme radiation exposure. Both those incidents also happened in the United States.
@@EVGSTORE Duh! No one even mentioned South Kingstown. Do pay attention! Why people seek attention is beyond me. Rhode Island is in New England. Did you know that?
Great reporting. You didn't need formal education on atomic energy and nuclear processes. Your in-depth research gives you the creds to present this story. Thanks for sharing.
In the 60's my mother worked evening shift at a nearby textile mill. During dinner break, she and her co-workers would often go there to watch for UFOs, and sometimes saw them.
I lived just down the road from this site by kings factory RD. This place is definitely known for UFO sightings by locals. It’s good to see others online confirm that 😅
@@1tinacostaFACT: Aliens are attracted to high concentrations of radiation. Also a FACT: Aliens hate Kraft Handi-Snacks. FACT: They are also huge fans of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
Another masterpiece detailing Rhode Island’s long forgotten history. Please take a look at the deserted navy base on south Prudence Island. I have fond memories as a kid exploring the abandoned bunkers with no idea of it’s place in history.
Very good video! I have lived in Rhode Island for my whole life and I heard about this nuclear accident. One of my parents was familiar with the incident but nothing more other than there was a singular death. This video helped clarify this and I look forward to your future videos/documentaries!
I remember around 4 or 5 years ago someone posted a pic in a RI hiking Facebook group of a sign with the radiation warning symbol they came across while hiking around Alton Jones. Very fascinating find!
Absolutely incredible ! A huge THANK YOU for your research and editing of the material and this video. I believe not many people knew about this including myself.
I lived about 2 miles from this site in the 70s/80’s/90’s. I remember going to non-nuclear demonstrations there in the early 80’s. @JasonAllard … I wonder if there is any correlation to illnesses/cancers, etc for families living near to, or particularly down river from this site, as the groundwater is tied to the Wood River, which is very close to this site???
WOW such a tragic story of the "WORKING MAN "... great job Jason, you must have done a Shit ton of homework on this one ...geez where did you find all the newspaper articles ? the library ?.? Awesome job ...hope you brought your Geiger counter on your Exploration
Jason, this is fascinating. It's really good work and I think you've earned that internet PhD. In 1964, government was still trusted totally by citizens and the press. I can't imagine a similar accident happening today without scrutiny and questions. I think about all of the people who were exposed: first responders, hospital staff and his family. You noted that the ambulance was crushed and buried. In your research, was there any mention of the funeral and the potential for further exposure to those involved with that? I would think that the deaths attributable to exposure is actually much higher.
Wow I had no idea! What a tragic story and to think those execs at that company got away with that…not sure how they slept at night knowing it was pure negligence on their part not making sure everything was done correctly, unbelievable! That bit of injustice is the kind that yanks my chain
Thank you for showing this. I've lived in RI almost my whole life and never heard of this. Amazing how that company continued to operate. Today, the Peanody's would have owned the company. The negligence of the Comcast was on full display.
I found out about this incident from the UA-cam channel Plainly Difficult a few years ago. Very interesting stuff and you did a great job presenting the facts.
Actually the SL-1 incident happened in 1961 and killed three Army Technicians. It was so radioactive that they literally just bulldozed the site into a hole and buried it.
I have watched videos about this accident but I think you have the best presentation on what actually happened. I wonder if today any area where the accident was located has radiation levels above background. Someone with a radiation detector could easily determine that.
Well done. I had not heard of this incident. The term" unrequested fission bonus", is the dark humor phrase for these situations. If you look hard, you might still find europium 152 in the slab of building where the criticality occured.
Lived here my whole life. Born in 1976. I just found out about this 4 or 5 years ago from my 83 year old boss. He told me all about it. Thanks Calvin Bronson. SCARY VERY SCARY
Absolutely mind blowing story. Never heard of this at all. I’ve spent the majority of my life fishing and exploring the Wood River and never heard of this story! Incredible work.
Just read this article. I never knew this. At the time l was 13 yrs old. Thank you for researching this part of RI history. I'm sharing this with friends.
I went to Chariho Middle and High School back in the 70s/early 80s, it is in Wood River Junction. I never knew of this facility, or its nuclear history. Interesting stuff. Poor Robert. The way they treated his reputation and his family after his passing was criminal!
"There was also a secret train track that delivered the nuclear waste." How do you keep a train track secret? And why would they? It wasn't secret organisation or anything.
@@vinny142It was like the Polar Express. An extra special secret train, except Tom Hanks' character glowed an ethereal blue, and the Aspy kid knew all the specific isotopes and their molar concentrations.
Wow. Never heard of it. Not surprised either. In SOCAL, the Santa Susana Field lab was another site of nuclear shenanigans. Covered up for a long time and finally came to light not too long ago. Details can be found on the net.
This is amazing. Thank you so much for bringing this out into public view. I've lived in ri for almost 30yrs & grew up in Massachusetts & have NEVER heard about this! 😮
Beautiful editing. And writing especially in that conclusion. I have lived in RI my whole life and never knew any of this! No wonder they made nuclear illegal here now haha
Unifirst, technically Unitech, processes nuclear contaminated clothing, in New England. Noticed decades ago a radioactive warning sign on a building near some train tracks, thought it was odd. Years later, worked there for a bit and learned there was a concrete storage bunker under the building where radioactive waste from recovery was stored. It's less than a mile from where I live. There has already been one wastewater incident where a nearby lake I used to fish was filled with lint from a cross connection to a storm drain. There's minimal fish in the lake now, even though the company has to stock this lake (pond really). Knowing the abilities and technical knowledge of the people at this facility, I have, hmmmmmm a bit of concern. I have a Chemical Engineering background with 20+ years in chemical, water and wastewater operations and troubleshooting. My concerns are justified!
@monkcheetah8203 2 weeks ago (edited) I worked security there from 1989-93. I wasn’t really aware what happened there until I started working security there. There was two office trailers with all kinds of documents and pictures being shredded that’s when I found all the information on what happened there. I was always in that tower where the accident happened and I didn’t even know it. I was always told by the one old timer that was still working security that the ambulance was buried out there. It is a beautiful spot with the Pawcatuck river running through it. I had access to all the 1100 acres it’s truly a great piece of land. I always dreamed of paying it and making a private hunting and fishing preserve. I’ve actually made a few videos on the area myself. Metal detecting there is old homesteads throughout the property. One nice one along the river. Great video I wish someone would but a plaque or something there in memory of peabody just a man doing his job. But I guess the would admit guilt on UNC part. I believe it was UNC fault for unsafe practices after reading all that stuff in the trailer before it got shredded. Great video! 🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆
The description reminds me about the Tokaimura criticality there three workers in a not approved but in their thinking due to the corporations economic troubles was a good short cut.
Wow! I have never even heard about this till I saw your post on Instagram. Did some research on it and find it mind blowing. Found your video on UA-cam. Very well done, you really did your homework. New Subscriber here!
Do a story on Balston Spa NY where the ignorant navy and the DoE dumped radioactive primary coolant into a well after the D1-G reactor was shut down !!!!
Do you think Robert Peabody deserved all of the blame for what happened?
Definitely not.
It’s a beautiful site. Maybe it should be named ‘Robert Peabody State Park’.
Hell NO and the UNC screwed Robert Peabody family over with a 22k settlement ... Mr Jason again one of your best videos this year you sir you are a National Rhode Island treasure
hell no! they done him dirty in the paperwork too!
@@harveygarbage8618 TYPICAL UNDERHANDED COMPANY POLICY 🙄
I’ve lived in the Westerly, RI area, right next to Charlestown for over two decades and never knew this. My wife is born and raised in Wood River Junction. She also never knew this. Amazing how citizens of an area where an incident like this could happen, never knew, and it’s so swept under the rug, it takes an amazing UA-camr and videographer like yourself to teach us. Thanks brother! Amazing work as usual. ❤
That's right big daddy! I can't believe we didn't know.
Also a westerly resident here!
Oh interesting! Sounds like the company was pretty successful in spinning the story to keep it from spreading…
Probably because it didn't affect anything but the immediate vicinity of the plant. Yes someone died, but the effects were still very localized. To the newspaper this was only worthy of a side story and not front page news. Most likely the only people that remember this are people who worked there, and Robert's family.
@@johnmartin122187 oh course it effected the environment! That man died within hours!
Thanks for bringing us this story. I grew up in Rhode island. I was born in 1966. I never knew this place existed. Nevermind the accident. It wouldn't surprise me shortcuts were overlooked due to Rhode Islands infamous unethical politics . It's horrible what happened to Robert.
i live in rhode island right now and have almost all of my life and i have never heard of this at all
@@amaionnaisewell that’s the majority of usa… severe lack of education.
free masons did abd hid this, changed the facts
I lived in RI as a young man and had a job in which I would collect water samples at United Nuclear among other duties. I had to wear all kinds of clothing and a badge showing how much exposure I had while there. This was a true tragedy and clearly a fault of poor management for not developing proper procedures and supervision. Thank you for this video.
My husband was a guard and whistleblower in the late seventies.
Great bringing attention to this story Jason. I remember reading about this in Yankee magazine in the 80's. Mr. Peabody deserves to be remembered. Hard working family man just doing his job. Hints of blame on his name should be erased. This video will help.
My grandfather worked in this facility after the accident happened. He worked there from 1964 until his retirement in 1980.
Your grandfather didn’t know that the nuclear criticality that happened here is the person that got the most radiation?
Hey was taken to WESTERLY hospital first. They refused him. The ambulance driver and medic in the ambulance died from complications as well.
I worked security there from 1989-93. I wasn’t really aware what happened there until I started working security there. There was two office trailers with all kinds of documents and pictures being shredded that’s when I found all the information on what happened there. I was always in that tower where the accident happened and I didn’t even know it. I was always told by the one old timer that was still working security that the ambulance was buried out there. It is a beautiful spot with the Pawcatuck river running through it. I had access to all the 1100 acres it’s truly a great piece of land. I always dreamed of paying it and making a private hunting and fishing preserve. I’ve actually made a few videos on the area myself. Metal detecting there is old homesteads throughout the property. One nice one along the river. Great video I wish someone would but a plaque or something there in memory of peabody just a man doing his job. But I guess the would admit guilt on UNC part. I believe it was UNC fault for unsafe practices after reading all that stuff in the trailer before it got shredded. Great video! 🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆
It is a beautiful spot - on the river, in the woods!!!
The secrets we know. This comment should be saved and archived as record. Or else it will be lost in a few years with the way things are going, trying to hide the past and all..
I too worked security for UNC and conducted Tactical Response Training at Wood River. By the way, the ambulance was not actually buried out there.
Do you care to elaborate further on what happened to it? I've heard that it was relocated to the sight before it was all torn down. When it was torn down it was added to the building materials and sent to the landfill in Burrillville@@arthursmith6854
Do you have an address for this place? Is it legal to go check this place out? I would love to walk the property.
As far back as the 70s this incident was taught in the EMT certification classes in RI. Learning about radiation exposure and the end result was sobering and never to be forgotten. There was never any judgement but only heartfelt sympathy for Mr. Peabody and his family from all of us.
Thanks!
I remember hearing a story about a group of people in RI that attended the same high school and a large amount of these students developed a very rare form of brain cancer
I'd heard rumors about this place for ages. One such account from an electrician friend who was contracted to install a radiation monitor far from the plant and told not to mention it to anyone. Good to finally know the entire story. Thanks!
" to install a radiation monitor far from the plant and told not to mention it to anyone"
But why? This was not a secret organisation, it was all above-board, nothing secret about it. The locals knew perfectly well what was going on there.
Anyway, they'd have their own electricians.
And they would not need an electrician to install a radiation detector, worst case they'd need one to bring power to a building.
And they'd need a dozen detectors, good luck keeping that a secret.
I know it's exciting to pretend this was all mysterious and scary, but it was just a company where something went horribly wrong and that is *all*.
Did you interview any of Mr. Peabodys children? I wonder if they're still living in that area. I have always been fascinated by this story and very sad for the family. May Robert Peabody rest in eternal peace.
I’m kinda disappointed that you didn’t mention the supervisor who went back inside after the FIRST two events to try and dump the radioactive waste down the drain.
That really is a Homer Simpson solution. In the decades following WW2, it seems like there was a nonchalant attitude toward toxic substances. "Hey, Ed, there's some radioactive liquid in there. The boss says to dispose of it. What do you think we should do?" "Don't sweat it. Just pour it down the drain." It's like they were living a fantasy such that, if they just tossed a chemical into a river or down the drain, it would go to another dimension and nothing bad would happen.
Interesting how the site has no trees and the waste water zone has almost no grass. I wouldn't scratch around in that dirt.
That’s because the topsoil was scraped off and disposed of as hazardous waste.
Brother your nuts if you think there aren't sites like this all over the u.s. Detroit is nothing more then a wast land with contaminated water and soil miles around the ford plant not to mention the whole town because of the steel industry
this is behind my high school. I used to explore this place a lot. I remember getting a crazy headache while I was there
Good old Chariho.
Bullshit
But did you die?
@@kurtismckemmie4850 on the inside, yes
I am from Warwick RI. I grew up there in the 70s and 80s... I have never heard of this until this video...LOL
I was born in 1946 in nearby MA but was brought up in RI. I never heard of UNC or the accident. I joined the Navy in 1965 served on active duty until 1971, a total of six years. Went back to RI in 1972 and left that hell hole in 1977 and never went back!
A lovely detailed, sensitive retelling of the Wood River Junction tragedy. I was hoping on your walk to the old site, you'd bring a dosimeter with you to measure remaining radiation on the compound's footprint. Other UA-camrs do this, but as far as I know, not in the Eastern US.
Thank you for telling this story. I grew up in Wood River Junction, and I had NO clue this even existed
I went to high school nearby and the only way I found out this place existed was through a photo in an old yearbook from the 70s that showed a local street sign referencing the plant. Thank you for the research and very well done video.
Allardheimer
In all seriousness, your videos are so insightful and very impressive in their creativity and production value. I've lived in Rhode Island and have sought out all the strange and abandoned places around but have never heard of this one! Absolutely crazy how much dark stuff went on in this state during the 20th century alone. Thanks for this video! Never stop.
EDIT: I have literally lived in Charlestown and NEVER heard of this.
Jason, thanks very much for this video. I am a retired Nuclear Criticality Safety Engineer, so I've known the basic details of this accident for many years, but it was great to see all the additional material from your research and the footage of your site visit.
As i expect you noticed from LA-13638, "A Review of Criticality Accidents" there were many criticality accidents during the cold war. Military grade uranium and plutonium were precious strategic materials then and production pressures tended to discourage a slow and cautious approach to the development of safe processes and equipment. Today, we would say that Mr Peabody was "set up to fail" by shortfalls in plant and process design and in nuclear safety management.
Don’t forget that Harry Daghlian died of a supercritical excursion during an experiment with the “demo core”. He was exposed on 8/21/1945 and died on 9/15/1945 of extreme radiation exposure. Also another casualty of the demo core was to happen to Louis Slotin who also died of a supercritical excursion. He was exposed on 5/21/1946 and died on 5/30/1946 of extreme radiation exposure. Both those incidents also happened in the United States.
A Japanese worker was in a super criticality incident and the doctors kept him.alive as he slowly died a horrible death of radiation sickness.
Fantastic story. Thanks for taking the time to put this together.
nice work Jason . good watch
Magnificent work, Jason! I've lived in South County all my life and never knew about this facility or the accident.
Washington County
@@ziostregoneria6178 Looks like you're not from around these parts...
@@RIGeek. Looks like you don't have a clue.
@@ziostregoneria6178 South Kingstown is inside of Washington County.. Washington County is made up of multiple smaller towns...
@@EVGSTORE Duh! No one even mentioned South Kingstown. Do pay attention! Why people seek attention is beyond me. Rhode Island is in New England. Did you know that?
Great reporting. You didn't need formal education on atomic energy and nuclear processes. Your in-depth research gives you the creds to present this story. Thanks for sharing.
My dad has told me this story many times while I was growing up. Also we lived not far away. It is also a known ufo sighting place.
I've heard about ufo sightings around there I wonder if they were around the same time?
In the 60's my mother worked evening shift at a nearby textile mill. During dinner break, she and her co-workers would often go there to watch for UFOs, and sometimes saw them.
I lived just down the road from this site by kings factory RD. This place is definitely known for UFO sightings by locals. It’s good to see others online confirm that 😅
Are you sure it's not Mr. Burns glowing from radiation and muttering, "I come in peace, we bring you love"?
@@1tinacostaFACT: Aliens are attracted to high concentrations of radiation. Also a FACT: Aliens hate Kraft Handi-Snacks. FACT: They are also huge fans of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
Another masterpiece detailing Rhode Island’s long forgotten history. Please take a look at the deserted navy base on south Prudence Island. I have fond memories as a kid exploring the abandoned bunkers with no idea of it’s place in history.
That might be good - all the deserted islands in the bay have some history on them.
I think you did a great job, explaining what happened and honoring the man who died by telling his story
Another great video!!
Very good video! I have lived in Rhode Island for my whole life and I heard about this nuclear accident. One of my parents was familiar with the incident but nothing more other than there was a singular death. This video helped clarify this and I look forward to your future videos/documentaries!
I remember around 4 or 5 years ago someone posted a pic in a RI hiking Facebook group of a sign with the radiation warning symbol they came across while hiking around Alton Jones. Very fascinating find!
I live in Hopkinton, RI. Right west of wood river junction, RI
Unbelievable.. great documentation jason. Its so sad to hear what happened to Robert. His poor family!
This is comparable to the Tokaimura criticality incident during the late 90s in Japan.
Hisashi Ouchi is the Robert Peabody of Japan.
Wow, this one I had never heard about until this video. Thanks for the video.
Unbelievably well done 👏
Absolutely not! His family still deserves more compensation and clearing of his name than has been given!
Absolutely incredible ! A huge THANK YOU for your research and editing of the material and this video. I believe not many people knew about this including myself.
Great Video, It's nice to see this one covered by a Rhode islander.
I lived about 2 miles from this site in the 70s/80’s/90’s. I remember going to non-nuclear demonstrations there in the early 80’s. @JasonAllard … I wonder if there is any correlation to illnesses/cancers, etc for families living near to, or particularly down river from this site, as the groundwater is tied to the Wood River, which is very close to this site???
Right Still Cancer Comes Never Cleaned UP All Lies Cover Up It Still Get In Ground Water & Dust In The Wind & Off Gas Too They Lie WE DIE
Jason, this is a fantastically researched, narrated, and edited. This is so fascinating
Fascinating history! I never knew about this incident-just goes to show how well it was kept under wraps.
WOW such a tragic story of the "WORKING MAN "...
great job Jason, you must have done a Shit ton of homework on this one ...geez where did you find all the newspaper articles ? the library ?.?
Awesome job ...hope you brought your Geiger counter on your Exploration
This was fascinating Jason! Thanks for sharing this one...really enjoy the way you tell a story.
Jason, this is fascinating. It's really good work and I think you've earned that internet PhD. In 1964, government was still trusted totally by citizens and the press. I can't imagine a similar accident happening today without scrutiny and questions. I think about all of the people who were exposed: first responders, hospital staff and his family. You noted that the ambulance was crushed and buried. In your research, was there any mention of the funeral and the potential for further exposure to those involved with that? I would think that the deaths attributable to exposure is actually much higher.
Wow I had no idea! What a tragic story and to think those execs at that company got away with that…not sure how they slept at night knowing it was pure negligence on their part not making sure everything was done correctly, unbelievable! That bit of injustice is the kind that yanks my chain
Thank you for showing this. I've lived in RI almost my whole life and never heard of this. Amazing how that company continued to operate. Today, the Peanody's would have owned the company. The negligence of the Comcast was on full display.
I appreciate the hours of work put into this video and how awesome it is. Keep up the amazing work.
I found out about this incident from the UA-cam channel Plainly Difficult a few years ago. Very interesting stuff and you did a great job presenting the facts.
PD does a much better job and doesnt stretch the truth like this guy here.
Thats nuts, I can't believe this happened in Charlestown! Great content!
Great video man.
Actually the SL-1 incident happened in 1961 and killed three Army Technicians. It was so radioactive that they literally just bulldozed the site into a hole and buried it.
Sounds like a well thought out plan. 🫡
Unlike the Russians at least they used containment buildings so nothing could escape
Radioactive Drew could do a site survey of this place.
I have watched videos about this accident but I think you have the best presentation on what actually happened. I wonder if today any area where the accident was located has radiation levels above background. Someone with a radiation detector could easily determine that.
I never heard of this n i grew up in new jersey to . Great Video !
Well done. I had not heard of this incident. The term" unrequested fission bonus", is the dark humor phrase for these situations. If you look hard, you might still find europium 152 in the slab of building where the criticality occured.
I grew up right up in Alton, we used to go out there all the time
Lived here my whole life. Born in 1976. I just found out about this 4 or 5 years ago from my 83 year old boss. He told me all about it. Thanks Calvin Bronson. SCARY VERY SCARY
There are a couple newspaper articles easily found online. I’m surprised more people weren’t aware. I always knew about this growing up in Richmond.
I had no idea this happened I would go fishing here all the time as a young man. That really breaks my heart for him and his family.
Did you encounter a three-headed fish?
Absolutely mind blowing story. Never heard of this at all. I’ve spent the majority of my life fishing and exploring the Wood River and never heard of this story! Incredible work.
Great video Jason, that truly was a dark time in RI history. And as mentioned several times the 22k settlement was a travesty. May Mr. Peabody RIP 🙏
Awesome video! Very well put together. I enjoyed that!
What a fascinating…and sad….video. As always s stellar presentation, thanks Jason!
Sick video, lived in south RI forever, mountain bikes in WRJ a lot too. Cool to learn the history
Just read this article. I never knew this. At the time l was 13 yrs old. Thank you for researching this part of RI history. I'm sharing this with friends.
Sad but very interesting story, great work!
I grew up not far away in CT and this is the first I've ever heard of this.
Love your content keep it up! I've lived in RI for a while and this is a part of its history I didn't even know. This channel is great.
I never heard of this and I was 11 at the time. I wonder how many were really affected by this accident? Swept under the rug
I went to Chariho Middle and High School back in the 70s/early 80s, it is in Wood River Junction. I never knew of this facility, or its nuclear history. Interesting stuff. Poor Robert. The way they treated his reputation and his family after his passing was criminal!
Never heard of this. Thank you
There was also a secret train track that delivered the nuclear waste.
Do you know of any tracks off the mainline to the plant site? Would love to find them.
Not surprising
"There was also a secret train track that delivered the nuclear waste."
How do you keep a train track secret? And why would they? It wasn't secret organisation or anything.
Yum!
@@vinny142It was like the Polar Express. An extra special secret train, except Tom Hanks' character glowed an ethereal blue, and the Aspy kid knew all the specific isotopes and their molar concentrations.
Awesome work . I can't imagine how many hours were put in for this 15 minute video . Thanks and keep up the good work !!
Wow. Never heard of it. Not surprised either. In SOCAL, the Santa Susana Field lab was another site of nuclear shenanigans. Covered up for a long time and finally came to light not too long ago. Details can be found on the net.
And now Boeing owns it and refuses to do additional cleanup! Pretty sure united nuclear was a part of that too.
The enviro reporter website has chronicled the Santa Susanna lab nuclear contamination and coverup
Interesting video!
I lived in southern Rhode Island, during that time. It never was a big enough story in the papers, to be known by any of us.
Yes, Mr Peabody was so accident prone they had him do this important, dangerous job. 🙄
Doh!
@@Dwigt_Rortugal 🍺
Incredible story. Incredibly well told and edited.
I had not heard of this incident. Thank you for your hard work and excellent presentation!
I really enjoyed your story on the United Nuclear site. Have you researched the Picillo farm superfund site in Coventry?
I teach at the high school right near there. Thanks so much for this awesome documentary. Never heard of this accident!
This is amazing. Thank you so much for bringing this out into public view. I've lived in ri for almost 30yrs & grew up in Massachusetts & have NEVER heard about this! 😮
great video! love it! 🤘🏻
Beautiful editing. And writing especially in that conclusion. I have lived in RI my whole life and never knew any of this! No wonder they made nuclear illegal here now haha
Once again you don’t disappoint!
A japaneese worker at a nuclear plant in japan died within 90 days with a similar accident...what a way to go,rip
I grew up next to Charlestown and didn't know this!
Amazing history. Well done.
Unifirst, technically Unitech, processes nuclear contaminated clothing, in New England. Noticed decades ago a radioactive warning sign on a building near some train tracks, thought it was odd. Years later, worked there for a bit and learned there was a concrete storage bunker under the building where radioactive waste from recovery was stored. It's less than a mile from where I live. There has already been one wastewater incident where a nearby lake I used to fish was filled with lint from a cross connection to a storm drain. There's minimal fish in the lake now, even though the company has to stock this lake (pond really). Knowing the abilities and technical knowledge of the people at this facility, I have, hmmmmmm a bit of concern. I have a Chemical Engineering background with 20+ years in chemical, water and wastewater operations and troubleshooting. My concerns are justified!
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I worked security there from 1989-93. I wasn’t really aware what happened there until I started working security there. There was two office trailers with all kinds of documents and pictures being shredded that’s when I found all the information on what happened there. I was always in that tower where the accident happened and I didn’t even know it. I was always told by the one old timer that was still working security that the ambulance was buried out there. It is a beautiful spot with the Pawcatuck river running through it. I had access to all the 1100 acres it’s truly a great piece of land. I always dreamed of paying it and making a private hunting and fishing preserve. I’ve actually made a few videos on the area myself. Metal detecting there is old homesteads throughout the property. One nice one along the river. Great video I wish someone would but a plaque or something there in memory of peabody just a man doing his job. But I guess the would admit guilt on UNC part. I believe it was UNC fault for unsafe practices after reading all that stuff in the trailer before it got shredded. Great video! 🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆
Where is this place. I'd like to explore it
right behind Lechmere in Springfield/Indian Orchard!
@@squelchtone Ha! Lechmere! Now we're both old!
The description reminds me about the Tokaimura criticality there three workers in a not approved but in their thinking due to the corporations economic troubles was a good short cut.
Wow! I have never even heard about this till I saw your post on Instagram. Did some research on it and find it mind blowing. Found your video on UA-cam. Very well done, you really did your homework. New Subscriber here!
I had read about this 20+ yrs ago but for some reason I thought UNC was in NJ. Thanks for straightening me out. RIP Bob.
Holy hell was this well written and produced. Very well done.
This has gotta be one of your best videos to date, very good stuff
Very interesting. Thank you.
Do a story on Balston Spa NY where the ignorant navy and the DoE dumped radioactive primary coolant into a well after the D1-G reactor was shut down !!!!