station, an experimental power plant in idaho. the site was destroyed when the core s control rod was improperly manually removed causing a meltdown. it is the only known fatal reactor accident in the u.s. three of the plant s operators were killed including two army specialist and a navy electrician s mate. an investigation revealed the men were so heavily exposed to radiation that their hands had to be buried separately with other radioactive waste and their bodies buried in lead coffins. the reactor is gone,รง but ther is still evidence of the incident. this is the grave of one of the victims. as it stands to this very day at arlington national cemetery. a stark and nearly forgotten moment of a nightmarish moment in america s nuclear past that was all but forgotten until now. that is going to do it for me today. i m thomas roberts. i ll see you back here at the same time every weekday morning. contessa brewer is here to pick things up for the next hour.