[ RadSafe ] SL1 Accident Video

[Jeff Terry]

You may be referring to this one. 

http://www.directcinema.com/dcl/title.php?id=580&list=44,468,53,143,397,580,509,102&cat_id=55

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On Jul 2, 2011, at 12:58 AM, Jeff Terry <terryj at iit.edu> wrote:

> 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
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> 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>
>> To: 'The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List' <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>
>> 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-----
>> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
>> [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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