The Pre-atomic Age
Because her steel was created in the pre-atomic age and therefore does not contain large amounts of the radioactive isotopes which are present in modern steel, plates recovered from the Mutsu have been used in Japan in research facilities for radiation measuring and shielding purposes.
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“What an age experiences as evil is usually an untimely reverberation echoing what was previously experienced as good—the atavism of an older ideal.”
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