Did you know the city of Olen is radioactively poisoned because a Belgian businessman smuggled uranium for Oppenheimer?

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1. [https://www.umicore.com/en/newsroom/topics-of-interest/olen/](https://www.umicore.com/en/newsroom/topics-of-interest/olen/)

   Pretty sure “Umicore’s predecessors produced radium and uranium products there from 1922 until the end of the 1970s.” had something to do with it.

2. The city of Olen? Is that where the uranium king lives?

3. Did you know a Kortrijkse business man owned the Congolese mines that supplied the most uranium for the Manhatten Project?

4. This looks like a screenshot from Fallout New Belgica