Thursday, April 03, 2003

I'm moving to a state which has the proud distinction of being home to a nuclear reactor with a leak- and the worst rust problem in the nation.

"Just 21/2 weeks after Davis-Besse was shut down last year, the plant was setting a new course for the nuclear industry because the nation’s worst rust problem was found on top of its reactor head on March 6, 2002.

Boric acid from the reactor had leaked for years and burned through the vessel’s 61/2-inch steel cap, exposing all but a thin liner that had started to buckle and crack. If the liner had burst, which NRC officials now say was probably months away, tons of radioactive steam would have formed in the containment shell, bringing northwest Ohio to the verge of an accident bigger than Three Mile Island in 1979."

I've actually driven right by this sucker.. on the way to my SIL's house.

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