[ RadSafe ] SL1 Accident Video

[Jeff Terry]

I have this DVD on SL-1. I like it, although I am not sure if it is the one you are talking about. 

http://www.radiationworks.com/atomicstore.htm

Jeff

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On Jul 1, 2011, at 10:26 PM, alstonchris at netscape.net wrote:

> Folks
> 
> As long as we are on the subject, does anyone know if there is a DVD (preferably digitally-remastered) of the famous movie about the accident?  I have no problem paying a reasonable charge.  It is something that every HP really should have on her/his shelves, no?
> 
> 
> Cheers
> cja
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jaro Franta <jaro-10kbq at sympatico.ca>
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> Sent: Tue, Jun 21, 2011 8:11 pm
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] SL1
> 
> 
> Hi Spencer,
> 
> INL's on-line history book has a detailed (9.3MB pdf) account of SL-1 in
> chapter 15:
> 
> http://www.inl.gov/proving-the-principle/chapter_15.pdf
> 
> Jaro
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> (AECL Montreal office)
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of SFisher373 at aol.com
> Sent: June-21-11 7:24 PM
> To: radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] SL1
> 
> Franz et al,
> I would say that sabotage is not the correct word to use.  We present  the 
> SL1 accident to our students, and I have read the reports, investigations  
> etc.  I am at home, so do not have the facts in front of me.  What  happened
> 
> was that contrary to what was posted yesterday, they were working on  the 
> control rods, not the fuel rods.  The central rod controlled 80% of the  
> reactor power.  The work involved stroking the control rods.  For some
> reason, 
> unknown, the one individual removed the control rod.  He had broken  up with
> 
> his wife on the day of the incident and had his personal belongings in  the 
> car.  So was he distracted, was he trying to injure himself to get  
> sympathy, was it a murder/suicide (he felt that his wife may have been
> cheating  
> with the other operator on duty that day).  This was after the Christmas  
> holidays/New Year.  
> 
> The magnitude of the excursion was greater than had been predicted.   There 
> are accounts that since this was a military reactor, it was known that  
> removing the central rod would cause the reactor to overheat and be
> damaged.  
> What happened was the water turned to steam and the resulting  steam hammer 
> produced an effect far greater than predicted.
> 
> So it was a human problem, and since no one lived, we will never  know.  
> 
> Spencer M. Fisher
> Nuclear Theory and Reactor Physics
> Authorization Training
> Ontario Power Generation.
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