Passsers-by were warned to stay away

Feature: Nuclear Lake, Pawling, New York

The United Nuclear Corporation had a facility on 1180 acres of woodland in Dutchess County, New York. It was closed after a "glove box" exploded, possibly spreading some plutonium. The company said it had all been cleaned up. It donated the property to the National Park Service for incorporation into the Appalachian Trail. Another reporter, named Sari Koshetz, and I investigated in 1979.

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Passsers-by were warned to stay away

We, of course, ignored the sign.

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The abandoned reactor building

A small research reactor lived here. We looked inside the building.

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The reactor room

Reporter Sari Koshetz looks into the old reactor pit.

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For times when things go bad

These were to detect any criticality accidents and to sound the alarm.

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Most of the equipment was gone

Equipment racks remained in the reactor building.

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A shack on the property . . .

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. . . contained this frighteningly labeled cask . . .

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. . . and a broken glove box -- maybe the one that contained plutonium.