[ RadSafe ] SL1 Accident Video

Mon Jul 4 16:47:30 CDT 2011

This is the AEC video I saw in Grad School in 1988  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIBQMkd96CA

----- Original Message -----
From: franz schoenhofer <franz.schoenhofer at chello.at>
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Sent: Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:31:36 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] SL1 Accident Video

Chris,

Almiost decades ago I saw a film about the SL1-accident privately with a few collegues at my ministry. I am sure that I recall correctly that it was from an authorized and official US source. It had been loaned from the IAEA and was on those old fashioned film rolls. We had several more films about the effects of nuclear weapons, all authentic and very interesting. 

Maybe you should contact the IAEA?

Best regards and I wish you success in your investigations!

Franz

---- alstonchris at netscape.net schrieb:
> 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.
> 
> Someone else suggested archive.org, so I shall take a look at their product.  Thanks again to all.
> 
>  
> 
> Cheers
> cja
>  
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Terry 
> To: Jeff Terry 
> Cc: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List 
> Sent: Sat, Jul 2, 2011 2:03 am
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] SL1 Accident Video
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Jul 2, 2011, at 12:58 AM, Jeff Terry  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 
> >> To: 'The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List' 
>
> >> 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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