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Causality

17: Three Mile Island

02 Jun 2017

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On March 28, 1979 Unit 2 of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant in the United States of America an incident would lead to a partial reactor core meltdown. Many blamed the operators for stopping the reactor cooling system but the real root causes showed a known flaw in the design and alarm flooding had blinded the operators to what was actually happening.With John Chidgey.Related episodes: Causality Episode 3: Fukushima Links of potential interest: Three Mile Island accident Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station Nuclear Regulator Commission renews Three Mile Island Unit 1s License Nuclear accident and recovery at Three Mile Island Three Mile Island Accident Measuring Radiation Three Mile Island Engineering Report Three Mile Island Accident Health Effects Facts and Information About Radiation Exposure Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Gold Producer: 'r'.Episode Silver Producers: Carsten Hansen, Eivind Hjertnes and Daniel Dudley.

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