| Gil Scott-Heron – We Almost Lost Detroit Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| On Oct. 5, 1966 — that's 50 years ago Wednesday — Detroit Edison's Fermi-1 nuclear plant suffered a partial meltdown, caused by a piece of floating shrapnel inside the container vessel. According to subsequent inspections, no radioactivity escaped to the environment. | |
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