Posted on 11/22/2009 6:42:41 PM PST by The Good Doctor
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. - November 22, 2009 -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the small amount of radiation detected at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is not significant.
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They are talking about an incident which occurred just days ago.
>The tragic part is, there never was any significant radiation danger at TMI. But it was used by the leftwing a-holes to cripple the US energy industry for a generation.
*Nod* — You got it in one.
So now we’ll see Obama visiting Three Mile Island wearing those HazMat boots. Just like Jimmy Carter.
Being in Ted Kennedy’s Oldsmobile has killed more people in the USA than any nuclear accident has.
That should be “any commercial nuclear accident
The accident at SL-1 killed three technicians. It is an interesting story.
Some rumors I have heard lately say that it wasn’t an accident. Rather a murder suicide.
Combine journalists with an agenda and a completely ignorant public when it comes to nuclear power and its simple to blow anything that take place at a plant completely out of proportion.
> That should be “any commercial nuclear accident. The accident at SL-1 killed three technicians. It is an interesting story.
"Interesting"? I would say "fascinating"! Thanks for the link to it.
"A careful examination of the remains of the core and the vessel concluded that the control rod was manually withdrawn by about 50 centimeters (40 centimeters would have been enough to make the reactor critical), largely increasing the reactivity. The resulting power surge caused the reactor power [normally 3MW] to reach 20,000MW in about .01 seconds, causing the plate-type fuel to melt. The molten fuel interacted with the water in the vessel, producing an explosive formation of steam that caused the water above the core to rise with such force that when it hit the lid of the pressure vessel, the vessel itself rose 3 meters in the air before dropping back down.Sounds like a fatal accident to me... regardless of whether the mistake that caused it was unintentional or otherwise."One technician was blown to the ceiling of the containment dome and impaled on a control rod. His body remained there until it was taken down six days later. The men were so heavily exposed to radiation that their hands had to be buried separately with other radioactive waste, and their bodies were interred in lead coffins."
You're welcome.
There are far more detailed accounts of the accident on the net if you are interested.
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