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What effect did the accident at Three Mile Island have on Americans?
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∙ 8y ago
Just to let you know there WAS a meltdown of the reactor core, caused by incompetent operators removing cooling water then they should have been adding more! But the material from the meltdown was fully contained in the core as designed. The worst concern was the possibility of a hydrogen gas explosion (as happened in Fukushima Japan) breaching the containment building, but this was prevented.
The term "complete meltdown" used above has no meaning in nuclear engineering, a meltdown is any amount of core melting. One concern with meltdowns is that there may be loss of control and a resulting increase of reactivity, but there can just as easily be a decrease of reactivity and an automatic shutdown depending on the reactor design.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agoThe nuclear power plant problem of 1979-1980 was a shock to the American public. In those days nuclear power was the solution for the oil & gas problems. Now clean energy would replace the oil tankers and Texas oil wells.The Three Mile Island problem made people fearful of nuclear energy.
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∙ 8y agoThree mile Island was a nuclear facility and we were lucky that there wasn't a complete meltdown. As it was it was contained and no one was hurt.
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What event caused the United states to slow its construction of nuclear power plants in the 1980s?
Americans felt less safe after the accident at Three Mile Island. - APEX.
Why did the US slow it's construction of nuclear power plants in the 1980's?
Americans felt less safe after the accident at Three Mile Island.
What was the result of the three mile island accident?
Many Americans began to worry about nuclear power- Apex
What was result of the accident at three mile island?
Many Americans began to worry about nuclear power- Apex
What event caused many Americans to woory about nuclear power?
what event caused many Americans to worry about nuclear power
What resulted from the accident at Three Mile Island?
Many americans lost faith in nuclear power(apex)
What was a result of the accident at the three mile island?
Very little, except the permanent shutdown of the damaged reactor. Many Americans lost faith in nuclear power.
We've all heard of the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island but what state is Three Mile Island in?
Pennsylvania
As a result of the accident at Three Mile Island A.Nuclear power was proven to be safe. B.Many Americans began to worry about nuclear power. C.Nuclear power became more accepted. D.Many Americans?
Many Americans began to worry about nuclear power
1979 nuclear accident site?
Three Mile Island.
Where was the Pennsylvania nuclear plant accident site?
Three Mile Island.
What changes have been made to Three Mile Island since the accident?
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