Remembering Antarctica's nuclear past with Nukey Poo'

• Main Author: Nielsen, HE
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Conversation Trust 2018
• Subjects: History and Archaeology; Other History and Archaeology; History and Archaeology not elsewhere classified; McMurdo Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://theconversation.com/remembering-antarcticas-nuclear-past-with-nukey-poo-99934; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/132253

We think of Antarctica as a place to protect. Its pristine, remote and untouched. (Although a recent discovery reveals its less isolated from the world than previously thought.)But it wasnt always this way. Between 1961 and 1972 McMurdo Station was home to Antarcticas first and only portable nuclear reactor, known as PM-3A, or Nukey Poo. The little-known story of Nukey Poo offers a useful lens through which to examine two ways of valuing the far south: as a place to develop, or a place to protect.