it was a nightmare scenario when it happened. it is still a nightmare scenario today. a nuclear plant getting into trouble because of an equipment accident inside the nuclear plant. the radioactive fuel rods began heating up at a dangerous rate. there was a partial nuclear reactor core meltdown, which caused the immediate shutdown of that nuclear power plant. was that three mile island? no, it was on the shores of lake erie. it went through a partial core meltdown. how about this one, a u.s. nuclear power plant in pennsylvania, just outside harrisburg. forced to shut down after one of its reactors suffered two different malfunctions in the span of nine days, forcing a leak of radiation into the air. was that three mile island? no. that was peach bottom nuclear station. how about on the eastern seaboard suffering a catastrophic failure of its emergency shutdown system. the system in place to prevent a
emergency shutdown system. the system in place to prevent a mu clear meltdown. the system failed and then the backup to the shut down system failed. and a day later three systems fail again. that was in southern new jersey. a nuclear plant employee carrying a lit candle accidently causes a fire just below the plant s control room. that fire manages to take out the plant s primary and emergency cooling systems causing the shut down of ultimately two reactors. that s the browns ferry nuclear plant in athens, alabama. ,0 ower plantun boiling radioactive steam into the air. is that three mile island? no. that s the indian point nuclear plant just north of new york city. how about a different u.s. nuclear power plant losing its main power source, forcing workers into an allout scramble
it was a nightmare scenario when it happened. it is still a nightmare scenario today. a nuclear plant getting into trouble because of an equipment accident inside the nuclear plant. the radioactive fuel rods began heating up at a dangerous rate. there was a partial nuclear reactor core meltdown, which caused the immediate shutdown of that nuclear power plant. was that three mile island? no, it was on the shores of lake erie. it went through a partial core meltdown. how about this one, a u.s. nuclear power plant in pennsylvania, just outside harrisburg. forced to shut down after one of its reactors suffered two different malfunctions in the span of nine days, forcing a leak of radiation into the air. was that three mile island? no. that was peach bottom nuclear station. how about on the eastern seaboard suffering a catastrophic failure of its emergency shutdown system? the system in place to prevent a