3 Mile Island Unit 1 is a 50-year-old, out of date,...

3 Mile Island Unit 1 is a 50-year-old, out of date, dangerous, poorly designed, #nuclear power plant. It hasn't generated electricity for 5 years. The only way #Microsoft can afford to restart the reactor and use its electricity is if it is not paying the full costs of the risk of operating it, the cost of decommissioning it, the cost of dealing with the nuclear waste, and the risk of accidents. Who is going to pay for those costs? The public.

Like 27 September at 20:04 | Open on fediscience.org

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Steve Thompson PhD

@petergleick

Not that it matters, but I managed the Radiation Department briefly as Unit 2 shut down.

27 September at 20:23 | Open on mastodon.social

Peter Gleick

@SteveThompson
That must have been interesting. I was in graduate school and in real time was in contact with members of the nuclear regulatory commission as the meltdown story was unfolding.

27 September at 21:27 | Open on fediscience.org

Steve Thompson PhD

@petergleick 👍👍

It was. As an outside contractor was told going in not to bring up that I was a journalist. Was super quiet, boring unless an engineer had to file his report. I created art from filling in coffee stains on my desktop calendar daily. Matted, framed it and gifted friends, but they likely tossed it, haven't dared to ask. Used it as a website interface for years. Good times.

Will track down a digital copy of it and post here once our power comes back on just for spits and giggles.

27 September at 22:54 | Open on mastodon.social