Answers to frequently asked questions about cleanup activities at Three Mile Island, Unit 2

Technical Report · Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6861449· OSTI ID:6861449

This question-and-answer report provides answers in nontechnical language to frequently asked questions about the status of cleanup activities at Three Mile Island, Unit 2. The answers update information first prepared in 1981, shortly after the cleanup got under way. Since then, a variety of important developments in the cleanup has occurred. The information in the report should be read in conjunction with NUREG 1060, a discussion of increased occupational exposure estimates for the cleanup. The questions and answers in this report cover purpose and community involvement, decontamination of water and reactor, fuel removal, radwaste transport, environmental impact, social and economic effects, worker exposures and safety, radiation monitoring, potential for accidents, and schedule and funding.

• Research Organization: US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Washington, DC (USA). Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
• Sponsoring Organization: USNRC
• OSTI ID: 6861449
• Report Number(s): NUREG-0732-Rev.1; ON: DE84901131
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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