Radiation Leak at 3 Mile Island

[Stifler's Mom]

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=7131935

Everytime I fly into MDT, I wonder about that place and its rich history.

 

[Brasilia Pup]

Just make sure you don't fly through the steam!

 

[great cornholio]

Awesome...especially since I've been in and out of MDT about 10 times the past few weeks...and was on a long overnight there that day. I've always thought it was kinda funny how they light up the cooling towers and that bridge on the other side of the airport with flood lights...they must have some extra power they don't need.

 

[wms]

That's not flood lights.

 

[jonjuan]

That's not flood lights.

What is it?

 

[CX880]

Aks for hazard pay. U've probably gotten more radiation from being up at 37000 all this time than the few days you were near 3 mile island.

 

[spudskier]

Since when does a CR2 get up to F370 on a regular basis!?

 

[LearLove]

there is a former allegheny guy (he may be on this board) who is now at US Air that knows a lot about that incident. I think his brother welded the shield around the reactor (#2) that had the melt down.

if he is on this board he can chime in and tell you all about it.

 

[BLUE-ICE-MAN]

....yeah, windmills and solar panels are destroying the natural landscape, but NUCLEAR is the way to go! So clean... So efficient... So "neon" green....

I'd rather have a windmill in my back yard, than a NUCLEAR reactor in the same state!

 

[Propsync]

What are the odds SNL will do another 'Pepsi Syndrome'?

 

[LowlyPropCapt]

....yeah, windmills and solar panels are destroying the natural landscape, but NUCLEAR is the way to go! So clean... So efficient... So "neon" green....

I'd rather have a windmill in my back yard, than a NUCLEAR reactor in the same state!

I have a nuclear reactor in close to my house and it doesn't bother me in the least. I would rather that than a coal fired power plant. Ask the folks in Kingston TN how well that has worked out for them.

 

[Dubya]

Being exposed to Mesa (sucks) is much worse.

 

[ekuflyer]

....yeah, windmills and solar panels are destroying the natural landscape, but NUCLEAR is the way to go! So clean... So efficient... So "neon" green....

I'd rather have a windmill in my back yard, than a NUCLEAR reactor in the same state!

Do you have any idea how many windmills it would take to replace a reactor?
Put this in perspective: the output of ONE average size coal mine would need 70 square miles of solar panels to replace the steam energy it can produce.

 

[crj567]

....yeah, windmills and solar panels are destroying the natural landscape, but NUCLEAR is the way to go! So clean... So efficient... So "neon" green....

I'd rather have a windmill in my back yard, than a NUCLEAR reactor in the same state!

Well don't ever visit France, then.... Even those puss!es get about 80% of their power from nuclear-and they don't have to spend half their freaking GDP to some freak-ass ragheads to power their country.

-Not bad for a bunch of do-good wussbags.

 

[joepilot29]

MDT stands for Melt Down Town!