[ RadSafe ] SL1 Accident Video

Sun Jul 3 17:49:08 CDT 2011

archive.org has a wealth of information/media/music/video.   It is a
great stie.  Free music too...live concerts, etc..

On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 12:51 AM,  <alstonchris at netscape.net> wrote:
> Thanks, that is not the one I had in mind, although it looks interesting and I had not heard about it.  The one "offered" by Radiationworks.com is apparently what I was speaking of, though there is no obvious way to order it, nor to contact the site's owner other than an unencrypted form on a webpage.
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> Someone else suggested archive.org, so I shall take a look at their product.  Thanks again to all.
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> Cheers
> cja
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Terry <terryj at iit.edu>
> To: Jeff Terry <terryj at iit.edu>
> Cc: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>
> Sent: Sat, Jul 2, 2011 2:03 am
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] SL1 Accident Video
>
>
> You may be referring to this one.
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> 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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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jul 2, 2011, at 12:58 AM, Jeff Terry <terryj at iit.edu> wrote:
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>> 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
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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>
>>> 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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