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What Separates Chernobyl from Three Mile Island and Fukushima |
2019-06-08 |
[NATIONALREVIEW] Europe: "Chernobyl's a nuclear disaster!" Soviet Union: "Nothing happened!" Europe: "Sweden's glowing!" Soviet Union: "Minor accident. Everything's under control." Europe: "A 700 foot reindeer just stomped Helsinki!" Soviet Union: "Chernobyl under control. Population evacuated. Nothing to worry about." Europe: "Minsk has been overun by a plague of blood-squirting three eyed toads!" Soviet Union: "Chernobyl part of classified military training area. No spies allowed!" |
Posted by:Fred |
#10 More people died in an Oldsmobile driven by Ted Kennedy than died at Three Mile Island. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-06-08 23:11 |
#9 Worthwhile read on the subject... |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-06-08 11:51 |
#8 Fermi 1 prototype breeder reactor failed and shut down for several years. Can't help but think that Fermi 1 and Three-Mile Island added to the hysteria that scuttled the Clinch River Breeder Reactor. This all happened before Chernobyl. Three-Mile Island was controlled whereas Chernobyl was a runaway reactor. Fukushima was a different story with a 9.1 magnitude earthquake and huge tsunami. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2019-06-08 11:22 |
#7 A flammable graphite reactor to start. |
Posted by: Woodrow Omeans5852 2019-06-08 11:22 |
#6 One difference is Chernobyl had a Sears garden shed for a containment building. |
Posted by: Davemac25 2019-06-08 10:19 |
#5 Experts warn Glasgow and Edinburgh could be contaminated with radiation if EDF decide to reopen two nuclear reactors with 400 cracks in the core walls |
Posted by: Skidmark 2019-06-08 09:31 |
#3 Skidmark, that almost described my time in Uncle Rickover's Nuclear Navy. Except for the drills part. |
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2019-06-08 08:11 |
#2 Aging infrastructure Analog controls requiring manual monitoring Jaded inadequately trained workforce Insufficient management engagement Unpracticed safety and disaster plans Huh, they're all the same. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2019-06-08 07:33 |
#1 Windscale in the UK was also handled with a large dose of secrecy, but seems the management were a lot better than at Chernobyl |
Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-06-08 03:55 |