Post by starkllr on Apr 14, 2016 17:09:25 GMT
Another one from the archives of my old blog...
Kodak may be going under, but apparently they could have started their own nuclear war if they wanted, just six years ago. Down in a basement in Rochester, NY, they had a nuclear reactor loaded with 3.5 pounds of enriched uranium—the same kind they use in atomic warheads.
But why did Kodak have a hidden nuclear reactor loaded with weapons-grade uranium? And how did they get permission to own it, let alone install it in a basement in the middle of a densely populated city?
Nobody really knows.
(link to full article here)
This story easily translates to whatever city the game is based in. A compnay that would seem to have no business doing so, has got a fully operating nuclear reactor loaded with weapons-grade uranium in their basement.
Why would a company that makes some innocuous consumer product have such a thing in one of their buildings? What could they possibly need so much power for? What else might they be doing with their reactor? How did they get so much weapons-grade fissionable material in the first place? Does the government even know about this? If so, how was it ever allowed to be installed, and why is it permitted to continue operating? If not, why is the company keeping it secret? How far would they go to keep that secret?
There are plenty of interesting answers to those questions in a more mundane, spy or pulp action type game. But in the Whoniverse, the answers might be a lot more fun. Perhaps the reactor is powering an impenetrable force field to protect an even bigger secret. Either something they don't want anyone else to have...or something that must never be allowed to escape.
Kodak may be going under, but apparently they could have started their own nuclear war if they wanted, just six years ago. Down in a basement in Rochester, NY, they had a nuclear reactor loaded with 3.5 pounds of enriched uranium—the same kind they use in atomic warheads.
But why did Kodak have a hidden nuclear reactor loaded with weapons-grade uranium? And how did they get permission to own it, let alone install it in a basement in the middle of a densely populated city?
Nobody really knows.
(link to full article here)
This story easily translates to whatever city the game is based in. A compnay that would seem to have no business doing so, has got a fully operating nuclear reactor loaded with weapons-grade uranium in their basement.
Why would a company that makes some innocuous consumer product have such a thing in one of their buildings? What could they possibly need so much power for? What else might they be doing with their reactor? How did they get so much weapons-grade fissionable material in the first place? Does the government even know about this? If so, how was it ever allowed to be installed, and why is it permitted to continue operating? If not, why is the company keeping it secret? How far would they go to keep that secret?
There are plenty of interesting answers to those questions in a more mundane, spy or pulp action type game. But in the Whoniverse, the answers might be a lot more fun. Perhaps the reactor is powering an impenetrable force field to protect an even bigger secret. Either something they don't want anyone else to have...or something that must never be allowed to escape.
