Recently, Jimmy Carter released yet another book lambasting the United States for its policy toward Israel (which he labels as an apartheid state) and the Paleostinians, and of course, calls for a Paleostintian state to be set up. We all know right now how that is going to turn out; we see Hamas and Fatah at each other’s throats when they’re not busy calling for the destruction of the State of Israel. And of course, he has never forgiven the American People for kicking his a** out of the Oval Office in 1980. His disdain for us knows no bounds.
Perhaps this small accident on December 12, 1952 could shed some light on his condition:

The first serious nuclear accident occurred at AECL’s NRX reactor in Chalk River, Canada. A reactor shutoff rod failure, combined with several operator errors, led to a major power excursion of more than double the reactor’s rated output. The operators purged the reactor’s heavy water moderator, and the reaction stopped in under 30 seconds. A cover gas system failure led to hydrogen explosions, which severely damaged the reactor’s interior. The fission products of approximately 30 kg of uranium were released through the reactor stack. Irradiated light-water coolant leaked from the damaged coolant circuit into the reactor building; some 4,000 cubic metres were pumped via pipeline to a disposal area to avoid contamination of the Ottawa River. Subsequent monitoring of surrounding water sources revealed no contamination. No immediate fatalities or injuries resulted from the incident; a 1982 followup study of exposed workers showed no long-term health effects. Future U.S. President Jimmy Carter, then a nuclear engineer in the US Navy, was among the cleanup crew.

Go figure.