{"id":1764,"date":"2022-09-11T15:24:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T19:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tubridy.net\/newblog\/?p=1764"},"modified":"2023-02-02T13:13:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T18:13:45","slug":"three-mile-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tubridy.net\/newblog\/excellent\/three-mile-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Mile Island"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a brash young man, I decided I would put my huge brain to use in solving the world’s energy problem. Of course, I had to do something completely different so I decided to become a nuclear engineer. I went to graduate school in Seattle where the campus not only had a nuclear reactor but it was housed in a glass building for all to see. Seriously, it’s a landmark now<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not a full year into my studies the first large-scale accident at a commercial plant in the United States occurred at Three Mile Island. So much to my surprise when I noticed it along my route and I stopped by for a visit.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Three Mile Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I remember flying with my professor in his private plane to the nearest NRC office in Portland Oregon to be briefed. The accident occurred in Unit 2 which has been shut down since the accident. Unit 1 remained in operation until 2019. Both are being decommissioned now – decade-long processes.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Old Training Center looks haunted!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

For me, it was a short sharp shock that essentially ended my career before it started. The more I learned about the industry the less I wanted to work in the field. I think the final straw was when I heard that nuclear engineers had the highest rate of suicides of all engineering degrees (probably not true \ud83d\ude09).<\/p>\n\n\n

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No Nukes!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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