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yep...he knew the score on what was going on there...one of Admiral Rickover's boys.."nuclear scientist" a bit of a stretch though..carter was a nuclear scientist and actually came to the facility. i'm not some sort of stan for jimmy carter but this is a really bad take.
How is that?I'm pretty sure Jimmy Carter's policies led to this accident.
Is this a movie or a documentary?Just started watching it. Pretty interesting.
Documentary - 4 episodes about 45 mins each in length.Is this a movie or a documentary?
He didn't.How is that?
Yeah, it was like making a murderer. Slanted one way to try and push an agenda. To me, I feel like it was heading down the direction of pushing the notion that nuclear energy is bad and is just ready to have a major failure that will kill everyone and give you cancer. They tried to throw in the whistleblower saying nuclear power is good, but 99% of the series was pushing antinuclear.Eh, it was ok. It was really a one-sided piece from a whistle blowers perspective. Any industry folks interviewed we're edited to make look like idiots/a**holes.
What I thought was rediculous was how they were even attempting to compare to Chernobyl. That's like comparing a bad thunderstorm to an F4 tornado.
Done with 3 parts. Brings back some vivid memories. I remember my town of Windber and other towns around Johnstown were told to prepare our Gyms and other buildings to accept refugees if they had to evacuate. Scary times.Just started watching it. Pretty interesting.
While here’s a take from an industry insider, if you will. The thing is, nuclear, as presently constituted, certainly in the US, is just not cost effective. Man. The stories I could tell. The big screw up in the then biggest market, US, was that every damn utility wanted their own plant designed to their specifications. In short, it was like building a prototype every time. But give the customer what they want, right? How’d that work out? 12 years plus construction. Ugh.Safety and security have come a hell of a long way since this accident .
Nuclear power is the safest and most efficient power available in the world .
Docs like this only scare people into buying inefficient sources of power that are light years away .. IMO ...
Similar story here. My Dad was near there for work and brought me home a tshirt that said Happiness is a Cool Reactor.My mom was at a Catholic retreat only a few miles from there when it went down. I remember thinking what bad timing/luck. We drove back up and got her out of there. She bought all the kids "I Survived Three Mile Island" Tee shirts. They were literally out the same day it started.
Safety and security have come a hell of a long way since this accident .
Nuclear power is the safest and most efficient power available in the world .
Docs like this only scare people into buying inefficient sources of power that are light years away .. IMPO ...
There is a bit more to your statement. I wouldn’t look at deaths, I would look at ailments associated with exposure.More than forty years on and the number of deaths attributable to the TMI accident is still zero.
Kind of annoyed with the first hand accounts of the lady who was 6 years old at the time...no way, no matter how traumatic things may have been that you would remember anything with the clarity she seems to have had. Such pain in her eyes. I was 12 when a killer flood wiped out my town and I don't have the same level of recollection of events as this 6 year old seems to possess. .....Just a stupid angle for the makers of this documentary...also, the photo of the shallow water with dead fish (from somewhere) was a bit much too in as far as I know there were no reports of fish kill from the accident...Just started watching it. Pretty interesting.
That’s a pretty bold statement considering cancer and other diseases. Plenty of those type cases in later years. It’s easy for the industry to just say it wasn’t because of radiation.More than forty years on and the number of deaths attributable to the TMI accident is still zero.
Cancer rates for that area compared to a comparable area or a historical perspective from that area are either lower than average, average or higher than average......if they are average or lower than average then there is nothing bold in it all...That’s a pretty bold statement considering cancer and other diseases. Plenty of those type cases in later years. It’s easy for the industry to just say it wasn’t because of radiation.
Chernobyl series was just fantastic.Thanks for posting this. I was working at Westinghouse at the time, supporting in part Westinghouse Nuclear. I think the TMI was a Babcock- Wilcox plant but same technology (pressurized water reactor). Remember lunch with my co-workers that day. On of whom declared, “Oh well, there go the Amish.” Still, IMO, best nuclear disaster movie by far, Chernobyl.
I think folks growing up and living near steel plants (like alot of us), especially specialty metals which may have alot of Cr compounds and Ni, etc...are more subject to poisons and have higher cancer rates than those near nuclear plants, Chernobyl not withstanding.Cancer rates for that area compared to a comparable area or a historical perspective from that area are either lower than average, average or higher than average......if they are average or lower than average then there is nothing bold in it all...
St George Utah area and east of the test range. Very high cancer rates back in the day. Everyone on John Wayne's John Ford- directed films got cancer ( or just about everyone). That area is where he shot all those cowboy movies.Cancer rates for that area compared to a comparable area or a historical perspective from that area are either lower than average, average or higher than average......if they are average or lower than average then there is nothing bold in it all...
We called it mill dust...my old man always bought white cars..tiny rust colored specs imbedded into the paint that would not come out...that crap went into our lungs...I'm still here at 57 and other than having a gargantuan sized penis I know of no other personal side effects from it...I think folks growing up and living near steel plants (like alot of us), especially specialty metals which may have alot of Cr compounds and Ni, etc...are more subject to poisons and have higher cancer rates than those near nuclear plants, Chernobyl not withstanding.
There was an article in the P-G a while back called "clusters of death" or "neighborhoods of death" or something like that. Showed the astronomically high cancer rates for people downwind of the steel/coke plants. My aunt in West Mifflin had TWO rare cancers. Her husband died of one as well.I think folks growing up and living near steel plants (like alot of us), especially specialty metals which may have alot of Cr compounds and Ni, etc...are more subject to poisons and have higher cancer rates than those near nuclear plants, Chernobyl not withstanding.
Not good considering it's the only thing that can save us. Renewables won't work and are bad for the environment in different ways.Yeah, it was like making a murderer. Slanted one way to try and push an agenda. To me, I feel like it was heading down the direction of pushing the notion that nuclear energy is bad and is just ready to have a major failure that will kill everyone and give you cancer. They tried to throw in the whistleblower saying nuclear power is good, but 99% of the series was pushing antinuclear.
I remember a few years ago a cover page article in USA Today where it showed ATI's flagship plan with an arrow, and our High School with another area with the elevated levels Hexavalent Chromium (think Erin Brockovich) as I was in some place like Chicago one morning eating breakfast with coworkers and said "OMG, see this article and picture, my house where I grew up is in the photo and my HS is right there!"There was an article in the P-G a while back called "clusters of death" or "neighborhoods of death" or something like that. Showed the astronomically high cancer rates for people downwind of the steel/coke plants. My aunt in West Mifflin had TWO rare cancers. Her husband died of one as well.
I think it was turned into an interactive piece: https://newsinteractive.post-gazett...sburgh-pennsylvania-canon-mcmillan-pollution/
Mortality and pollution rates are high in Western Pennsylvania
In many places around Western Pennsylvania residents see clusters of death and clusters of people sickened by cancer or heart and lung.www.post-gazette.com
That’s a pretty bold statement considering cancer and other diseases. Plenty of those type cases in later years. It’s easy for the industry to just say it wasn’t because of radiation.