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Who Destroyed Three Mile Island?

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Who Destroyed Three Mile Island?

(as presented at RailsConf 2018)

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  13. Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station Londonderry Township, Pennsylvania @nmeans

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    Unit 2 906 MWe Babcock and Wilcox PWR

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  53. Three Mile Island Today @nmeans

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  61. Pressurizer @nmeans Connection to Primary Cooling Loop Heating Element Water

    Spray 1. Maintains System Pressure 2. Measures Water Level 3. Absorbs Pressure Shocks

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  63. Heat at 100% 12 MWth 2,841 MWth Heat at Shutdown

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