Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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10 years ago, the up-and-coming Professor Larkspur instilled hope in the residents of the Tandor region that they would benefit from a safe and ethical way to generate nuclear energy with the assistance of Pokemon. The robust reactor design at Nuclear Plant Epsilon was never in dispute, so the meltdown disaster was a particular blow to the pride of the people of Tandor and to Larkspur's reputation.

In fact, to this day, some suggest that the conventional narrative doesn't add up -- the meltdown couldn't have happened the way the traditional narratives say it did

...Further, while the discovery of irradiated Pokemon has been considered by most to be a purely natural reaction to low level radiation exposure, some suspect that these Pokemon represent unethical testing (perhaps by Professor Larkspur himself) to create "radiation cats" that would serve as a strong cultural ward against the investigation of nuclear waste disposal sites for thousands of years.

Perhaps when Larkspur's plans were rejected by the Tandor Nuclear Regulatory Agency, Larkspur engineered a way to commence the experiment anyway...regardless, we now must live with the phenomenon of nuclear pokemon.

🎵 Song: Nuclear Plant Zeta
🎮 Game: Pokemon Uranium
🎼 Composer: @Emdasche

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