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    The Three Mile Island accident in 1979 involved a partial meltdown over 5 days due to equipment failures and human errors. No deaths resulted but it showed vulnerabilities in nuclear safety. The Chernobyl disaster in 1986 was the worst nuclear power plant accident, caused by a flawed reactor design and safety violations. It directly killed 56 people and caused radiation exposure linked to thousands of cancer deaths. While nuclear power produces no carbon emissions, accidents like these demonstrated risks to public health and shaken confidence in the safety of nuclear energy.

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    The Three Mile Island accident in 1979 involved a partial meltdown over 5 days due to equipment failures and human errors. No deaths resulted but it showed vulnerabilities in nuclear safety. The Chernobyl disaster in 1986 was the worst nuclear power plant accident, caused by a flawed reactor design and safety violations. It directly killed 56 people and caused radiation exposure linked to thousands of cancer deaths. While nuclear power produces no carbon emissions, accidents like these demonstrated risks to public health and shaken confidence in the safety of nuclear energy.

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    Nuclear Safety

    Three Mile Island, PA

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island

    1
    Three Mile Island Accident
    • March 28, 1979
    • Partial core meltdown over 5 days
    – Main feedwater pumps failed
    – Backup feedwater system was inoperative
    – Instrumentation failed; operators unaware
    – Should region around TMI be evacuated?
    • No fatalities; little radiation exposure
    • Cleanup lasted 14 years; cost $975 million
    • Public confidence shaken
    – 51 US nuclear reactor orders cancelled 1980-84

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island

    Chernobyl Accident

    http://www.ourtimelines.com/zchern.html

    2
    Chernobyl Accident

    • April 26, 1986


    • Pripyat, Ukraine
    • Catastrophic steam explosion
    – Destroyed reactor
    – Radioactive rain fallout spread far
    • USSR, eastern Europe, Scandinavia, UK, eastern US
    • Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia hit hardest
    – 56 direct deaths; ~4,000 long-term deaths
    – 200,000 people evacuated and resettled

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_accident

    Causes of Chernobyl

    • No containment building
    • Poor reactor design (unsafe)
    – Inserting control rods initially increased reactor
    energy generation
    • Operators were careless & violated plant
    procedures
    – Switched off many safety systems
    – Withdrew too many control rods
    • Causes still in dispute by various parties

    3
    Chernobyl Contamination

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_accident

    Nuclear Power
    and the Environment

    4
    US Sources of Clean Energy

    http://www.nei.org

    The Environment

    Over the past 50 years, US Nuclear Plants Have:


    • Generated 13.7 Trillion Kilowatt-Hours of Electricity
    • Zero Carbon Depletion & Zero Emissions

    Avoiding:
    • 3.1 Billion Metric Tons of Carbon
    • 73.6 Million Tons Sulfur Dioxide
    • 35.6 Million Tons of Nitrogen
    Oxides

    5
    Life Cycle Emissions Analysis
    Greenhouse gas Particulate
    SO2 emissions NOx emissions NMVOC
    Generation emissions matter
    milligram/k milligram/ milligram
    Option gram equiv milligram/
    Wh kWh /kWh
    CO2/kWh kWh

    Hydropower 2-48 5-60 3-42 0 5


    Coal - modern
    plant
    790-1182 700-32321+ 700-5273+ 18-29 30-663+

    Nuclear 2-59 3-30 2-100 0 2


    Natural gas
    (combined 389-511 4-15000+ 13+-1500 72-164 1-10+
    cycle)
    Biomass forestry
    waste 15-101 12-140 701-1950 0 217-320
    combustion
    Wind 7-124 21-87 14-50 0 5-35
    Solar
    photovoltaic
    13-731 24-490 16-340 70 12-190

    Emissions Produced by 1 kWh of Electricity Based on Life-Cycle Analysis


    http://www.nei.org/index.asp?catnum=2&catid=260

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