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Originally Posted by Xenophon
Well -- in the U.S. the total radiation released at Three Mile Island (TMI) was negligible. If you'd camped at the downwind edge of the perimeter fence for the entire duration of the problem you'd have gotten less than one-half of a chest-xray in terms of dosage.
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I worked as a physicist in the UK nuclear power industry for many years. Three Mile Island proved the fact that the designed-in safely systems WORKED. It should be held up as an example of the fact that, even when accidents happen, there is little or no danger to the public.