Pennsylvania — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the small amount of radiation detected at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is not significant.
Specialist John White has told ABC News that there is no indication that radiation at the plant exceeded or even approached regulatory limits.
The commission sent investigators to the central Pennsylvania plant after a small amount of radiation was detected.
About 150 employees were sent home Saturday afternoon, but officials say there is no public health risk.
Exelon Nuclear spokeswoman Beth Archer says the radiation was quickly contained.
The unit has been shut for refueling and maintenance since Oct. 26. Workers are being tested for radiation exposure.
A partial meltdown occurred in Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 reactor in 1979.
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puddleglum (anonymous) says…
so how many of these people would feel comfortable living on the island?
i would love to see that.
puddleglum (anonymous) says…
right.....
my logic? not at all. I didn't say it was impossible, you can live wherever you want. I just get a kick out of a company hiring people to do 'impact tests' on their properties-claiming that everything is hunky dory, but when you ask them to prove it by putting their own interests at risk, they decline.
Like starting a war, and not sending YOUR own kids
Like polluting a town's water source-'cleaning it up'-yet you wouldn't drink the water
so thing, would you rather live underneath power transmission lines or out in the middle of a field?