tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post5484774898854529297..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: 30 Years Ago at TMI and TodayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-67530863342226524672009-03-16T22:37:00.000-04:002009-03-16T22:37:00.000-04:00'Finrod': "Are you claiming that --"'Finrod' seems...'Finrod': "Are you claiming that --"<BR/><BR/>'Finrod' seems to be hoping that an anonymous poster will back down rather than utter a direct lie. <BR/><BR/>I'm not sure that's such a good bet, with anonymous posters, or indeed nymous one. But in any case, even if it were a good bet, the anon isn't reluctant to <EM>use your fingers</EM> to utter the desired lie on his behalf.<BR/><BR/>Think meme-propagation. Don't let the bad ones do it.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://web.archive.org/web/20050831030552/http://stellar-one.com/nuclear/staff_reports/summary_chemistry.htm" REL="nofollow">Here</A>, under the heading HYDROGEN BUBBLE, is a good-looking discussion of the unperturbed nature of the containment when the hydrogen did, in fact, ignite.<BR/><BR/><BR/>(<EM><A HREF="http://www.eagle.ca/~gcowan/" REL="nofollow">How fire can be domesticated</A></EM>)GRLCowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894036301406557803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-83232746086019950702009-03-16T15:39:00.000-04:002009-03-16T15:39:00.000-04:00The absolute worst thing about the TMI accident fr...The absolute worst thing about the TMI accident from a practical perspective was that it was a brand spanking new plant. The electric ratepayers of the area only got electricity out of it for a few months before it melted down. All that money to build that plant and they didn't even get hardly any electricity out of the darned thing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-56277575944328551972009-03-16T13:29:00.000-04:002009-03-16T13:29:00.000-04:00"Had the hydrogen bubble in containment ignited --..."Had the hydrogen bubble in containment ignited -- and for days no one was sure that it would not -- this would be a very different discussion."<BR/><BR/>Why? What would have happened? Are you claiming that the containment dome would have ruptured?Finrodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02447747229391757964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-20066867055322581342009-03-16T12:10:00.000-04:002009-03-16T12:10:00.000-04:00Had the hydrogen bubble in containment ignited -- ...Had the hydrogen bubble in containment ignited -- and for days no one was sure that it would not -- this would be a very different discussion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-29041371868545513942009-03-13T16:57:00.000-04:002009-03-13T16:57:00.000-04:00I was working nights in the TMI-1 control room for...I was working nights in the TMI-1 control room for the 20th anniversary in 1999. The weather was rough - raining a bitter cold. Sometime in the early morning we received a call from security. A few (less than 12) protesters had gathered at the front gate as plant management had anticipated and discussed during our normal beginning of shift turnover brief.<BR/><BR/>There is (or at least was) a blue line painted across the entrance. One side of the line is public property (the road - route 441), the other side belonged to GPU Nuclear (the utility who operated the plant prior to AmerGen and now Exelon). Anyone stepping over the blue line without permission was subject to arrest.<BR/><BR/>At a predetermined time (the time credited to the beginning of the accident), one or two protesters crossed the line, immediately surrendered to police and were ceremoniously arrested.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, Unit-1 purred safely along at 100% as it had done for hundreds of days in a row since emerging from a refuelling outage in the autumn of 1997.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com