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Three Mile Island nuclear reactor shuts down unexpectedly.

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Three Mile Island nuclear reactor shuts down unexpectedly - U.S. News

Three Mile Island nuclear reactor shuts down unexpectedly.

By NBC News and wire servicees
A reactor at Three Mile Island, the site of the nation’s worst nuclear accident, shut down unexpectedly on Thursday afternoon when a coolant pump tripped and steam was released, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission told NBC News.
The system tripped when "the pump stopped operating and created a power/flow imbalance," said NRC spokesman Neil Sheehan.
The plant responded as designed and is stable with no impact on public health or safety, added NRC spokeswoman Diane Screnci.
If any radiation was in the released steam, Screnci said, it would be below detectable levels.


This interested me because I'm currently working in Harrisburg, and will be tomorrow.
 
Three Mile Island nuclear reactor shuts down unexpectedly - U.S. News



This interested me because I'm currently working in Harrisburg, and will be tomorrow.
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Nothing happened in the "worst nuclear accident' in the first place. It worked as designed even with stupid operators shuttting off cooling water.
(water boiled off and reaction was killed, yes the latent heat destroyed reactor core...) Investors lost, public was never in any danger...

This is just an excuse to remind people of the massive hype of 3MI.

PS
I used to believe the accident stories too, then I read al l the details of the "accident" in several books......all over blown BS.
 
Nothing happened in the "worst nuclear accident' in the first place. It worked as designed even with stupid operators shuttting off cooling water.
(water boiled off and reaction was killed, yes the latent heat destroyed reactor core...) Investors lost, public was never in any danger...

This is just an excuse to remind people of the massive hype of 3MI.

PS
I used to believe the accident stories too, then I read al l the details of the "accident" in several books......all over blown BS.
Of course this recent minor event (and all the other minor events) are used by the news media to remind people of the big event which took place before I was even born. It's how news works.


I'm just saying I found it interesting because I was in Harrisburg that day. Not that I actually thought anything bad would happen to me because of it.
 
Uh the name of this website?

It's called Debate Politics, but funny enough, it talks about sports, entertainment and cooking to name a few other things. It even has a place where you can have a beer. So what is your beef again?
 
Is the THree Mile Island nuclear reactor a Mark I type reactor like the Fukushima reactors that failed and went into full meltdown?
 
It's called Debate Politics, but funny enough, it talks about sports, entertainment and cooking to name a few other things. It even has a place where you can have a beer. So what is your beef again?
Sooo....what are we debating?
 
Is the THree Mile Island nuclear reactor a Mark I type reactor like the Fukushima reactors that failed and went into full meltdown?

Yes, and it will fail and go into full meltdown as easily as the Fukushima one did. Y'know, after a huge earthquake and giant tsunami.
 
Yes, and it will fail and go into full meltdown as easily as the Fukushima one did. Y'know, after a huge earthquake and giant tsunami.

You only need to lose the cooling water supply circuit through power loss or pump loss and you get a meltdown scenario occuring soon after (within about 45 minutes of cooling loss and reactor core bundle begins to overheat and commence melting)

Both the Chernobyl and 3 mile Island disasters were not caused by tsunamis and earth quakes.

And all it takes is for a derranged plant operator or a terrorist act and a reactos core meltdown in the US is reality

Records released since 9/11 show that the initial preferred target of the Hijackers was the Nuclear Power plant just outside New York city. But they decided against it because they thought that it would be heavily protected and maybe gaurded by jets or missles. This reality was that Nuclear power plants were not protected at all in the USA - apart from the no fly zone above and near a nuclear plant. And I doubt the Hijackers would hae worried about that precaution.
 
quit being a ****ing instigator.
jesus christ!
Are we supposed to discuss how evil nuke plants are and start singing the praises of solar, or...what? Is this story a spring-board for "alternative" energy?
 
Are we supposed to discuss how evil nuke plants are and start singing the praises of solar, or...what? Is this story a spring-board for "alternative" energy?
Appalling as it may be to you, I didn't have any specific debate topic in mind when I posted it.

Quite simply, my reason was that I was working in Harrisburg when the event (if it can be called that with a straight face) happened, and thus it was interesting to me...so I shared.

Now, as to the article…
I’ve heard several news reports on the event since, and it sounds to me like all that happened was a cooling pump failing and the reactor shutting down as (I assume) it was intended to do (since, it kinda needs it’s cooling to avoid the meltdown bit :2razz: )...
 
The not very serious earthquake outside DC scrammed the Lake Anna Nuclear reactors almost instantaneously when there was no damage, no spike, no control loss or no anything other than a groundshake. I don't mind them so much as some (just as long as they are not in my backyard LOL).
 
Appalling as it may be to you, I didn't have any specific debate topic in mind when I posted it.
Yeah right, you posted this story on a hostile debate forum, and now you're trying to hide your motive like we've never seen anyone do that before. So let's go Mr. Pro-Warmer, let's hear it.
 
Yeah right, you posted this story on a hostile debate forum, and now you're trying to hide your motive like we've never seen anyone do that before. So let's go Mr. Pro-Warmer, let's hear it.
:lamo


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This is clear proof that Obama will win the election. I am not sure how yet, but I am going to come up with something to prove this is proof.
 
Nothing happened in the "worst nuclear accident' in the first place. It worked as designed even with stupid operators shuttting off cooling water.
(water boiled off and reaction was killed, yes the latent heat destroyed reactor core...) Investors lost, public was never in any danger...

This is just an excuse to remind people of the massive hype of 3MI.

PS
I used to believe the accident stories too, then I read al l the details of the "accident" in several books......all over blown BS.

You might have a slightly different view if you were in the immediate area. I've lived most of my life within about 30 miles of TMI. There are numerous families here with a veritable plague of cancers that seem to have originated after the incident. After seeing the progression of lies that were told about the extent of the Fukushima disaster until it was literally impossible to conceal the truth, I have less than zero faith in official accounts or reassurances. One of the worst aspects of TMI and its nearby neighbor Peach Bottom is that a catastrophic failure would travel straight down the Susquehanna and devastate the Chesapeake Bay.I think the consensus is that nuclear power in its current state just isn't worth the risk.
 
You might have a slightly different view if you were in the immediate area. I've lived most of my life within about 30 miles of TMI. There are numerous families here with a veritable plague of cancers that seem to have originated after the incident. After seeing the progression of lies that were told about the extent of the Fukushima disaster until it was literally impossible to conceal the truth, I have less than zero faith in official accounts or reassurances. One of the worst aspects of TMI and its nearby neighbor Peach Bottom is that a catastrophic failure would travel straight down the Susquehanna and devastate the Chesapeake Bay.I think the consensus is that nuclear power in its current state just isn't worth the risk.
So far as I know, most of the current nuclear plants are 20-30 years old.

Even with updates, they can't be as good as a new plant in terms of safety and the like, I would think.


But then, there's the whole issue of the waste disposal...
 
Are we supposed to discuss how evil nuke plants are and start singing the praises of solar, or...what? Is this story a spring-board for "alternative" energy?

We should definitely invest in alternate energy sources and supplement energy production in areas where those energy sources are viable. Also, we should use more nuclear energy as well. **** oil and coal.
 
Okay, I'm onboard with building more of these dangers - one codecil. Supporters and owners of these nightmares to come and their families must live, shop and attend school within one mile of the plants they build.
 
So far as I know, most of the current nuclear plants are 20-30 years old.

Even with updates, they can't be as good as a new plant in terms of safety and the like, I would think.


But then, there's the whole issue of the waste disposal...

No problem with the waste disposal. The business is Corporate, so it will just file bankruptcy when no longer profitable or when excessive liability occurs. At that point the waste will be you, me and grandma's problem. No responsibility, no problem. Corporations are formed to shield their owners from liability, nuke waste is a liability.
You, me and Grandma will still have to pay the management their salaries in bankruptcy and the stockholders will lose the values of the shares that they are stuck. That would be the ones they didn't have time to sell before the planned event, the bankruptcy. It jus' be bidness.
 
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