3 Mile Island Reactor Shuts Down

AP ^ | November 2 2006

[jmc1969]

The reactor at Three Mile Island, site of the nation's worst nuclear accident, shut down Thursday, but radiation was not released and there was no danger to the public, company and federal officials said.

A faulty instrument reading triggered the automatic shutdown, officials said. It was the first shutdown of Unit 1 since 1997, said Ralph DeSantis, a spokesman for the plant's operator, AmerGen Energy Co. LLC.

The unit, which opened in 1974, shut off at 1:35 p.m. and remained down Thursday evening.

The plant, about 10 miles southeast of Harrisburg, was the site of the nation's worst nuclear accident when a partial meltdown occurred in the Unit 2 reactor in March 1979.

[rottndog]

20 is a good start. The problem is that the time involved to actually get one on line is greater than several political election cycles, and much can change in that time.

Keeping my fingers crossed!

[coloradan]

Actually, there are a lot of fishy things about the assassination of JFK, and the Warren Commission's report that found a "magic bullet" is about as reasonable as fairies and unicorns. But the others, I agree with you.