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I participated in defueling TMI-2, and there
was in fact a void of that approximate size. I didn't watch the show, but was
questioned about it the following day at lunch by coworkers. One of the most
bizarre claims from the show seems to be that it would have melted
through the reactor vessel, etc.--the China Syndrome. Reality is, it would
apparently have done what it did already: melted into an essentially homogeneous
mixture of control rods and fuel and hardened into slag by the coolant. It was
quite content to stay where it was had we not removed it from the reactor
vessel. On the bright side, I now have three of our environmental consultants
reading about radiation hormesis (lemons to lemonade, I guess).
Jack Earley Radiological Engineer Enercon Services, Inc.
6525 N. Meridian, Suite 503 OKC, OK 73116 phone: 405-722-7693 fax: 405-722-7694 jearley@enercon.com ************************************************************************
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