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Not long after Darren left, the nuclear engineers closed down the plant. They declared on the news that the area around the plant was safe for residents to return to their homes. It was already late, but most of Brooklyn New York was still awake.

Protesters against nuclear energy had a field day. The meltdown only fueled their protests against nuclear powerplants. But, many scientists had already predicted the meltdown. The plant was old and those same protestors had not wanted to update the plant into a safer structure.

After almost a century, technology had made nuclear energy safer and cheaper than coal as a means of electricity.

But, that wasn't the primary news that night. Just as Darren was returning to the lab at around 2200 hours, the late-night news was aired. The meltdown in New York was the background for the debut of a new Super.