October 9, 1979
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Full clean-up to begin
By Bob Gluck
Columnist
"Nuclear Power; The Aftermath of Three Mile Island"
On March 28, 1979, there occurred the worst accident in the
history of the nuclear power industry. We are all aware of that
accident at Three Mile Island, but what really happened there and
why?
What is being done about the disabled reactor at T.M.1.? Most of
all, what is the future of nuclear power as a result of Three Mile
Islands?
Based on a series of two articles in the New York Times, this
article wil try and give the answers to the questions just posed.
The question, "what really happened?" is by no means a simple
one and the answer is certainly not completely known.
The is why there are six investigations being conducted right
now concerning the causes and effects of the accident at T.M.I.
One of the most important committees is the Presidential
Committee investigating T.M.I.
According to a report in the Washington Post, four members of
this committee want to make a recommendation to President Carter
that the Nuclear Regulatory Committee (N.R.C.) be stripped of its
licensing power.
This is because they want the N.R.C. to concentrate on
regulating procedures at nuclear reactors and on enforcing existing
laws
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is conducting an investiga
tion itself, and hearings are also being held by a United States
Senate subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation, with a professional
staff of twelve and $ $500,000 budget.
The task of cleaning up the disabled reactor is hoped to take
about four years but will more likely take up to six to eight years.
According to a study made for Metropolitan Edison the cost of the
cleanup should be about 400 million dollars.
Dr. John G. Kemeny, chairman of the Presidential Committee,
says this figure is too low because it didn't consider the cost
incurred by the Government due to the accident, and it didn't
include the funds used to buy alternative electricity for
Metropolitan Edison customers.
The cleanup will be a massive undertaking as it is described by
Robert Arnold, the executive vice-president of Metropolitan Edison
and the head of the clean-up effort at T.M.I. He estimates that
there is two million cubic feet of contaminated air and one million
gallons of contaminated water in the reactor.
He adds that the clean-up would involve using more air and
water to flush out the reactor, bringing the totals to twenty-three
million cubic feet of air and seven million gallons of water that
would need processing. Arnold said there would also be 2,000
truckloads of "slightly radioactive solid waste" removed from
T.M.I.
The future of nuclear power in the U.S. is anything but certain. It
depends in part upon who is elected President in 1980, as nuclear
power will undoubtedly be a big issue come November.
But the biggest factor that will determine nuclear power's future
will be the public's faith in it. If investors are skeptical about its
future, it will be difficult for the utilities to finance construction of
new plants.
Therefore, the conclusions reached by the six committees will
have a great effect on the public's faith and in turn on the entire
future of nuclear energy.
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Allen King
"Song of the Northern Prai
rie" will be the opening film in
a series of films to be presented
by the T. Gilbert Pearson
Chapter of the National Audo
bon Society.
Narrated in person by natura
list-photographer Allen King,
the film will be shown at 8 p.m.
on October 15 at the Centenary
United Methodist Church, 2300
West Friendly Avenue.
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These young coyotes, soon to be predators in adulthood, are among many animals featured
in "Song of the Northern Prairie," an Audobon Wildlife Film of the great plains.
Singing on the prairie
North Dakota is this film's
principal locale, the core of the
great northern prairie which
spreads across north central
United States and south central
Canada.
This prairie has long served
as a food source for both Indian
and western man, yet, even
though manipulated by the
latter, it remains home to the
wildlife traditionally associated
with the prairie Its wetlands,
hosting thousands of migrating
and breeding birds, is the
central feature of the film.
King's venture into wildlife
photography began, appropri
ately at an Audobon Wildlife
film. A friend urged him to join
the local chapter of the Audo
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bon Society, where he is an
active member.
When not filming or lectur
ing, King is a graduate student
of Wildlife Biology at Michigan
State University, specializing in
waterfowl research. He counts
hiking, distance running, bird
watching, and fishing among
his relaxing hobbies.
Future Audobon Wildlife
films will be aired January 30,
1980 ("Northwest Adventures"
and "Adventures in Penn's
woods"), March 18, 1980 ("Into
Australia's Red Centre"),
March 21, 1980 ("Designs for
Survival") and April 7, 1980
("Bird Islands of the North
Atlantic").