Word: offs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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City Manager Lilljedahl says the only long-range hope for his island is to find a way to reverse the erosion. "Otherwise," he says, "we will disappear." Cunningham insists that with all of the resources avail able, a way will be found to conquer the sea's appetite. The...
Preliminary findings by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission indicate that inexplicable human errors helped cause the breakdown at the reactor: valves carelessly closed, safety systems turned off. Said Morris Udall, chairman of the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee: "It completely baffles me as to how this could have happened."
With forced bravado, some sought to laugh off their experience. A radio station in the area broadcast a mock weather forecast: "Partly cloudy tomorrow with a 40% chance of survival." Another: "Two thousand degrees and bright." Yet another: "What's the five-day forecast for Harrisburg?" "Two days."
What triggered the accident was the failure of a pump in the secondary loop that transports hot water from the reactor. When this happened, the auxiliary pumps switched on as they were supposed to do. But, with their valves shut, they could not pump water. Their failure backed up water...
Still unsettled-and unsettling-is the question of how the U.S. can safely dispose of garbage from nuclear operations. Spent fuel and other wastes remain radioactive for thousands of years. At present a lot of such waste is stored under water in "swimming pools" at plant sites, but nuclear plants...