Detailed Description of Three-Mile Island
Detailed Description of Three-Mile Island
- 4:00 am, March 28, 1979
- Main feedwater pump stops
- due to resin build up.
- Resulting Hardware Effects and Actions:
- Electrical generators and turbines shut down.
- Temperature of water in the reactor rises.
- Pressure in reactor water builds and escapes from relief valve.
- control rods automatically drop stopping the nuclear reactions.
- emergency feedwater pump starts
- This should have been a mild failure - unworthy of news attention.