Thursday's TMI Shutdown Is The Second In A Month

[DeSwiss]

WHP-TV | CBS21 News
Reported by: Ewa Roman
Published: 9/20 3:40 pm
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Three Mile Island is still shutdown Thursday night. Around 220 Thursday afternoon, people who live near the nuclear power plant heard a loud noise, saw steam and then the plant automatically shut down. This is the second time that this has happened in the past month.

Along with that steam, authorities say undetectable amounts of radiation were released into the air. A TMI spokesperson says there was never a threat to public health so no evacuations were needed.

Guy Magaro was mowing the lawn when he heard it. "All of a sudden you hear a big boom,” Magaro explained. “Steam vented out and then it goes into shutdown." Around 220 p.m. Thursday, a spokesperson for Three Mile Island says the nuclear power plant automatically shut down and steam was released into the air, releasing an undetectable amount of radiation.

"When our turbine shuts down the steam that normally goes to the turbine is released to the atmosphere,” explained TMI spokesperson Ralph DeSantis. “Any radiation in that steam is so low that we can't detect it."

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[jberryhill]

1. It's okay...

...when it does that, you just have to bang it on the side in the right spot. It starts right up again and runs fine after that.

Just keep an eye on the temperature, and avoid sudden accelerations. If it stalls out again, wait five minutes and pump the gas pedal a few time really fast when you start it again. Don't hold it down, just pump it s little.

[DeSwiss]

2. Ah yes, finding the ''right'' spot.

- That's always better than next-to-the-right spot......

[greiner3]

3. WTF;

Would ANYONE STILL live within 20 miles of that place???????????????????

[HopeHoops]

4. Yeah, and they still don't know why the cooling pump shut down. At least the reactor shut down.

I'm only 12 miles from the island (as the glowing crow flies). It's had a few problems lately.