Crews Lift Lid of Reactor at TMI, Will Start Cleanup
Associated Press
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. —
Crews at Three Mile Island lifted a 55-ton cover off the damaged Unit 2 nuclear reactor Wednesday, giving workers clear access to the damaged fuel core. Fuel fragments will be scooped into canisters with long-handled tools and eventually shipped to an Energy Department research site in Idaho, officials said. The cleanup is expected to be completed by 1988.
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