Fun fact from my family history: My father was a nuke instructor in Idaho falls in the early 60's. He was an Army Officer and responded to this accident:
Nuclear Meltdown in Idaho: 3 Dead – Getting to GREENR
The Argonne Low Power Reactor (ALPR) was designed and built in 1958 by Argonne National Laboratory at a military test facility about 40 miles from Idaho Falls. Shortly after it became operational, it was handed over to the U.S. Army and renamed SL-1 in accordance with Army nomenclature. Its purpose was to test the feasibility of building small-capacity nuclear power plants in the Arctic for military radar stations that monitored Soviet air activities. The idea was to generate 200 kilowatts—just enough for an average-sized house. The whole kit ‘n caboodle was designed to be portable.
He entered SL-1 three times after the meltdown, pulling those he could find out.
He received a Bronze Star for his efforts.
I see if I can find the citation and pictures.
He resigned his commission after a tour in Vietnam. He lived to be 85. The family joke was that all the radiation he was exposed to helped!