“same thing 3 mile Island did before the massive
radioactive release.”
There was zero radioactive release at Three Mile Island.
Three mile island was a mishap where the control room operator(s) It was someones bright idea to turn off the safety systems essential core pressurizing systems, the final root cause was determined to be water in the instrument air lines leading to a leak from the reactor cooling system when a reactor cooling system let down valve stuck open. poor maintenance. poor oversite, no one could put 2+2 together that water in the air system would do anything more than just gum up the air lines. Hey man water in the instrumwnt air from the compressor? job security for the I& C and maint shops..