Who Destroyed Three Mile Island?

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

Three Mile Island Harrisburg, Pennsylvania @nmeans • #WhoDestroyedTMI @nmeans TMI
Unit 2 906 MWe Babcock and Wilcox PWR

@nmeans Bill Zewe Fred Schiemann Ed Frederick Craig Faust

Condensate Polishers @nmeans

Three Mile Island Unit 2 @nmeans

Three Mile Island Unit 2 @nmeans ❌

@nmeans TMI Unit 2 Control Room

Three Mile Island Unit 2 Three Mile Island Unit 2
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Pressurizer @nmeans Connection to Primary Cooling Loop Heating Element Water
Spray 1. Regulates System Pressure 2. Measures Water Level 3. Absorbs Pressure Shocks

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Three Mile Island Unit 2 @nmeans ❌ ❌

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Fuel Rod Assembly @nmeans

Gary Miller George Kunder @nmeans

Three Mile Island Unit 2 @nmeans ❌

Three Mile Island Unit 2 @nmeans ❌ ❌ ❌

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Final Core State @nmeans

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Three Mile Island Today @nmeans

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@nmeans Hindsight Bias

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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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Heat at 100% 12 MWth 2,841 MWth Heat at Shutdown
(6.5%) 0.78 MWth 185 MWth @nmeans

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Three Mile Island Unit 2 @nmeans • #WhoDestroyedTMI Three Mile
Island Unit 2 @nmeans

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Who Destroyed Three Mile Island?

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