TMI Reactor Releases Radioactive Steam
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MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — A reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant shut down automatically, releasing a small amount of radioactive steam, when a drain valve in a steam turbine failed to open, officials said.
The Unit One reactor was restarted eight hours later and reached 91% of power Saturday night after the valve was repaired, said Doug Bedell, spokesman for GPU Nuclear Corp., which owns the plant.
No emergency was declared, although a small amount of steam containing traces of radioactivity was released into the atmosphere, Bedell said.
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