[logi_cal869]

I came across this completely by accident looking up the meaning of "Bremsstrahlung". Freepers on the East Coast may be more aware of the incident; I'd never heard of it. I am not anti-nuclear, just anti-stupid and believe it's past time to move beyond providing fuel for our nuclear arms arsenal.

I'm posting this as 'history' with 2 comments and only making the observation that weaknesses/vulnerabilities in this design's safety systems were well-known in 1975 as a result of the 'incident':

1. Take a guess at what design these reactors use (see tag) and, for that matter, when they were built.

2. Take a guess at the initial construction date of the US' first Thorium Reactor...

Oh...and yes, this happened BEFORE Three Mile Island.

[logi_cal869]

Incidentally, FWIW: There ‘is’ a Documentary film on this here

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1576692/

But good luck finding it (though Amazon has it for Rent/Sale at $19.95/$24.95 respectively streaming & $24.95 DVD)

[867V309]

This was no big deal, just a 185,000 alarm fire. BTW, look up Fermi reactor near Detroit.

[don-o]

read later

[Nepeta]

No matter how well technology is designed, human error can make up for that with bad judgment. Combine adequate but not stellar design with lousy practices, throw in some serious lapses of judgment and failure to follow procedures in an emergency, and something bad is sure to follow.

A fascinating read.

[B4Ranch]

I thought this was a key point:

>>How the Fire was Extinguished

The electrical cables continued to burn for another six hours, because the fire fighting was carried out by plant employees, despite the fact that professional firemen from the Athens, Alabama, fire department had been on the scene since about 1:30 p m.<<

Had they allowed the Athens, Alabama fire department to fight the fire, it would have been extinguished long before it had a chance to so all the damage.