And government officials and a breakdown atomic power plant in pennsylvania today is probably the worst Nuclear Reactor accident today. There was no apparent serious contamination of workers. And Nuclear Safety group said that radiation inside the plant is it eight times the deadly level, so strong that after passing through a three put thick concrete wall, it can be measured awhile away. We report from harrisburg the accident occurred here at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant a dozen miles south of harrisburg. At about 4 00 this morning two water pumps that helped cool reactor number two shut down. Officials say some 50 to 60,000 gallons of radioactive water escaped into the reactor building and that the radioactivity penetrated the plants walls. Steam escaped into the atmosphere and radiation was detected as far as a mile away. At least 50 workers and perhaps twice that number were at the plant when the accident occurred. A spokesman admitted that some were exposed to radioac
Reactor accident to date. There was no apparent serious contamination of workers but a Nuclear Safety group said that radiation inside the plant is at eight times the deadly level, so strong that after passing through a threefoot thick concrete wall it can be measured a mile away. The accident occurred here at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant a dozen miles south of harrisburg. At about 4 00 this morning two water pumps that helped cool reactor number two shut down. Officials say some 50 to 60,000 gallons of radioactive water escaped into the reactor building and that the radioactivity penetrated the plants wall. Steam escaped into the atmosphere and radiation was detected as far as a mile away. At least 50 workers and perhaps twice that number were at the plant when the accident occurred. A spokesman admitted that some were exposed to radioactivity and may have been contaminated but he claimed no one was injured. All workers were given extensive checks with giger counters as t
Please stay indoors with your windows closed. This is not a community that scares easily. Major floods and hurricane agnes have come here and the town has survived. But for almost a week last month, the people of middletown, pennsylvania, lived in fear of an enemy they couldnt see, hear or feel. From cbs news and of course that fear was radiation following the partial meltdown at tmi generating station, considered the most Serious Nuclear power accident in the history of the u. S. For the next 90 minutes well look back at the events that occurred. Eric epstein is joining us live. Hes the chair of the three mile island alert which is what . Three mile island alert is a safe energy organization. We were founded in 1977, two years before the accident at three mile island. Were a Nuclear Watch dog group that monitors three Nuclear Power plants on the susquehanna river. You were there march 28, 1979. What do you remember when the news first broke and as the story continued to unfold in the
Eight times the deadly level. So strong that after passing through a three foot thick concrete wall it can be measured a while away. Gary shepherd reports from harrisburg. The accident occurred here at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant a dozen miles south of harrisburg. At 4 00 this morning, two water pumps that helped cool reactor number two shut down. Officials say some 50,000 to 60,000 gallons of water escaped into the reactor building and that the radioactivity penetrated the plant walls. Steam escaped into the atmosphere and radiation was detected as far as as a mile away. At least 50 workers and perhaps twice that number were at the plant when the accident occurred. A spokesman admitted some were exposed to radioactivity and may have been contaminated. But he claimed no one was injured. All workers were given extensive checkwi checks as they left the plant. This is what reactor 2s control room looked like last september. It went into commercial Service Three months ago. C
2, at the facility in dolphin county, pooh. It occurred 40 years ago. The incident rated a 5 on the 7 Point International Nuclear Event scale. Heres how ed bradley of cbs news covered it. This time no evacuation. Please stay inside. Middletown at this time is evacuation. Please stay indoors with your windows closed. This is not a community that scares easily. Major floods and hurricane agnes have come here and the town has survived. But for almost a week last month, the people of middletown, pennsylvania, lived in fear of an enemy they couldnt see, hear, or feel. Cbs news, of course that fear was radiation following the partial meltdown at tmi, the Nuclear Generating station considered the most Serious Nuclear power accident in the history of the u. S. For the next 90 minutes, well look back at the events that occurred. Eric epstein is joining us live. Hes the chair of the three mile island alert which is what . Three mile island aslert a safe energy organization. We were founded in 19