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27 Chapter Ten • Solwng the Nuclear Waste D~sposat Cns~s i i i The overheated TMI-'_ reactor core suffered partial meltdu~~'n ~~'ith rel~ca- tion of approximately ~~`"but statisrically unlikelvaDespitetsubst nt ~l role se`of ously considered possible highh~ radioactive fission gt~sthe e ca to of all butsmininuileradiu~cti~ih to the TNII-'_ containment prey en p a~osphere. The tint hvo del ~ ma eeBut Plne third defense-ens epth prin~ ple oo~-red that resulted in ~ ~ ~~ the worked because vl nted from rea h ng the en~i onment it substanti~ ~ rnounts. accident was pre e The Chernobyl Accident In the preda~~'n h erienced~tpe ~ ont a~cident inllconlmerc it nuclear pu~eer Kiev in the Ukraine exp history. The Chem lo. rea dor pb~ er. Wh en lne oper tin~sbi f dec dedit rqu cl:- do~Nn capabiliri a ly shutdown the reactor in r~ p he core actu ly ?n Teased pug ers r ther thlin test, control rod insertion to reducing pu~~'er, due trusiun generated considerable o ergyt that producted a steam resulting pu••'er exCU o explosion and the disassembh• of the reactor core and internals. The Chernobyl core suffered ca`as~ Plmnent ~ size blle qualntihe oft lughl~• the structure enclosin~ the reactor p radioactive fission gases anatmosoheprern~ th serious public healtldand en 'irun- proceeded directly into the p mental consequences. resulted in fu 1 damage ~vitl~irtl,elulncontroldled releaee u accident occurred that large amounts of radiuactiyih' to the em'ironment. Following the Chernobyl ace d 'el'and lire Unatede States' Congresstfhat try reassured the American p P uired in American nuclear pa~~'er Chernobyl lacked several desi?n features req plants that made the t`' ften cited the containment sb terns loran lotted lbv feder- try. These reassuran~e_ u al lam' for American nuc`ear e"tuel dlmisaellThe vRCts final lon lusion t~d reel if an accident results to _e e f ommendations from its e~cl'~am;n ofet~en hplrno~tioFl~v 1<,Senaptured intllU CFP.. for the defense-in-dept' „mented b~' continuous. a~~gresst`'e ~'en- Part ~0 and its attendant reulatiuns, au, fication that all three pnn~tple` tre intact. 4 pe th? ` Reiinquishing Defense-in- P In No~•emhcr 1""~. the \l:C ~~'a` notified of the ~u~.luehanna ~un~er ~ These concerns pnmani~ im ~,~~ e the third deten`e-'n-~i~'Pth F rinciPle. ~p~'~iEi~ ~i- t~?