RadWatch: Three Mile Island nuclear plant radiation leak
Tim J.
Radiation leak at Three Mile Island nuclear plant: NRC
(AFP) - 23 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - A radiation leak at Three Mile Island, the site of the
worst nuclear accident in US history, has sent home about 150 workers,
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission reported Sunday.
"They had an airborne radiological contamination alarm," NRC
spokeswoman Diane Screnci told AFP. "They evaluated all the workers, a
handful of workers -- I don't have a precise number -- had
contamination. They since have been decontaminated," she said.
About 150 people work in the building where the leak occurred.
Screnci said what she called a "leak... happened at 4:00 pm Saturday
(2100 GMT) and they resumed work in the contaminated building" near
Middletown, Pennsylvania.
"There was no impact on public health safety and it does not appear to
have an impact on the workers," she said adding that "this kind of
incident occurs once in a while."
So far, "they don't know the origin of the contamination," Screnci
said. "There were a lot of activities going on at the time and when
the alarm sounded. The engineers are working to determine what the
cause was."
"It's a minor incident," she said stressing it was "under control."
Three Mile Island suffered a major accident in 1979, with the core of
a reactor partially melting down.
Since then no new nuclear power plants have been built in the United
States.
Nuclear energy supplies 20 percent of power in the United States with
104 reactors, while 50 percent comes from coal burning plants.
The rest is from natural gas, oil and renewable sources such as
hydroelectric power as well as solar and wind power.
MWB
There's nothing to see here...move along....MOVE ALONG NOW
GO SEABROOK
Mark
Kris Baker
"Tim J." <tj6...@usa.not> wrote in message
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> Nuclear energy supplies 20 percent of power in the United States with
> 104 reactors, while 50 percent comes from coal burning plants.
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> The rest is from natural gas, oil and renewable sources such as
> hydroelectric power as well as solar and wind power.
Which is going to kill us faster? The amount of radiation released
by TMI in 1979 (less than an x-ray or mammogram)....or all of the
mercury and other toxins released by coal-fired power plants.
I'll take nuclear, frankly....especially since we spent six weeks one
winter near TMI and still don't glow. ;)
Seriously, I don't know why we can't solve the issue of the spent
nuclear fuels. A large amount of uranium comes from the Moab,
Utah area -- and would it be so awful to store it back in the
place it came from (guarded, of course).
Kris
No scientist
Joe Thomas
incident occurs once in a while."
Oh, I bet that makes the workers and nearby residents feel much better.
Rob Cibik
i work approximately 3.5 miles from TMI and live approximately 9 miles
from TMI. this is much ado about nothing. i have a few friends and
neighbors that are employed there in departments as diverse as the
maintenance department to the control room. while it makes for good
headlines and soundbites the incident was minor and not hazardous to
anyone. the bigger issue is the lack of info to the authorities for
several hours leading to questions about why the communication
breakdown.
Brad Ferguson
Fuego <t_del...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:41:15 -0700, "Kris Baker"
> <paralle...@ggmail.com> wrote:
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> >Which is going to kill us faster? The amount of radiation released
> >by TMI in 1979 (less than an x-ray or mammogram)....or all of the
> >mercury and other toxins released by coal-fired power plants.
>
> I've read at least one claim that coal-fired plants routinely release
> more radiation than a properly-run nuclear plant.
A backyard barbecue allegedly does the same.
OTOH, the only category of human being I know of where smokers
routinely live longer than non-smokers are uranium miners. The extra
mucus in the smokers' lungs helps protect them against airborne
radioactives in the mines.
MWB
"Terry del Fuego" <t_del...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>by TMI in 1979 (less than an x-ray or mammogram)....or all of the
>>mercury and other toxins released by coal-fired power plants.
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> more radiation than a properly-run nuclear plant.
The bad stuff is No. 6 fuel oil fired plants.
GO PATRIOTS
Mark
Brigid Nelson
> On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:41:15 -0700, "Kris Baker"
> <paralle...@ggmail.com> wrote:
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>> by TMI in 1979 (less than an x-ray or mammogram)....or all of the
>> mercury and other toxins released by coal-fired power plants.
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> more radiation than a properly-run nuclear plant.
The solid waste products are an ecologicl disaster as well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Fossil_Plant_coal_fly_ash_slurry_spill
Now with more thalliam and lead!
brigid