The legacy of Three Mile Island: Implications for today`s DOE challenges
In the 16 years following the accident at Three Mile Island, several lessons have been learned, changes have been made, and the US commercial nuclear industry is safer and more reliable. Two major sources of information emerged from this event. First were the important safety issues requiring immediate answers and modifications to existing plants. Second are the lessons involved with the recovery, cleanup, and defueling of TMI-2 and its unprecedented transition into long-term monitored storage. This later had no `immediate` application, but the tasks and methods used in the TMI-2 recovery have strong parallels in the present-day DOE cleanup program. This article discusses the cleanup lessons of TMI-2 in the context of how it would benefit DOE cleanup.
- OSTI ID:
- 430200
- Journal Information:
- Radwaste Magazine, Vol. 3, Issue 3; Other Information: PBD: May 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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