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...clear, though, is why nuclear power has faded from the headlines--and hence from the public consciousness and political agenda--since Three Mile Island. It is not because the industry has been substantially reformed; reactors are still the property of robber baron utility executives. And it is not because Three Mile Island was a fluke-- the sporadic news clips from places like Indian Point in New York, Yankee in Vermont, and Millstone in Connecticut, prove that the threat is nationwide...
...might have thought Three Mile Island would be sufficient--after all, we came to the brink of meltdown, about 30 minutes away by most accounts. But it didn't scare America nearly enough. Nobody died at Three Mile Island, and that slogan is the measure of what it will take to stop nuclear power--a death, and since nuclear catastrophes are by nature all or nothing experiences, many deaths. Sooner or later, eastern Nevada, or central Mississippi, or even southern Massachusetts, will watch a valve fail and a core melt down. A lot of people will evacuate...
Things seemed to be going badly right from the beginning. Although Adam Dixon started off the day by winning the mile, it was only a short time later that the Crimson's big hope in the long jump competition, Gus Udo, injured his ankle on his second attempt...
Saturday's meet also marked John Murphy's return to effective running. Murphy had similar trouble with Northeastern runners, specifically, one Jeff Cullinane, who edged him out both in the mile...
Another surprise the Crimson hadn't counted on was sickness. McCurdy later called the meet "Harvard vs. Northeastern vs. The Bangkok Flu." With Felix Rippy and Eric Schuler sick, the expected sweep of the two-mile run was impossible. As it turned out, Buck Logan did net an impressive win in that competition with a 9:00.54, but again, nothing seemed to be enough Saturday...