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
Were certainly on different paths at the moment. Some members of the Northern Irish assembly will gather at stormont for the first time in nearly three years to debate the liberalisation of abortion laws which become law tonight. Two people are arrested after an fa cup tie was abandoned on saturday, amid reports of racist abuse against the haringey team. Two indian based call centres, thought to have defrauded thousands of british victims in a Computer Security scam, are put out of business following an International Police operation. This man on the phone kept saying, oh, my god, oh, my god, this is really serious. And he was just increasing my level of anxiety to the point where i was in total panic. The tears flow for andy murray as he wins his first singles title since career saving hip surgery. He won the european open in antwerp. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. The government will push again today for mps to vote on borisjohnsons brexit deal. It comes after a br
Challenging time, fulfilling your purposes through them. Be exalted, o god, above the highest heaven, as you demonstrate your power to make the crooked places straight. Have mercy upon us and protect us for your unfailing love and faithfulness sustain us. Shine your glory over all the earth as we learn to trust you at all times. And, lord, we thank you that senator grassley has had another wonderful birthday. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley may i speak for one minute in morning business . The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley since the day i was born, ive celebrated constitution day. Thats because the 39 delegates signe
Of hong kong again but a standoff with riot police descended into violence officers with batons and tear gas chased the demonstrators who held bricks and factual films the violence interrupted nearly 2 weeks of calm in hong kong. North korean state media say the missiles launched this weekend were part of the communist states test of what it called a super large multiple Rocket Launcher pyongyang launched the missiles in defiance of International Efforts to denuclearize the country south korea had reported that the missiles were short range ballistic rockets. Around 35000 people have taken part in an anti racism march in the eastern german city of dresden the demonstration comes a week before elections in the federal states of saxony in brandenburg the far right alternative for Germany Party is expected to make significant gains. This week on the old stories. Welsh religious could soon be underwater. Berlins are up and our news for you see the action. But we start in russia where a new