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Gov. Unhappy over TMI's Wait
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Harrisburg, Pa. (AP) - Gov. Ed Rendell says it is "totally unacceptable" that state officials heard about a radiation incident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant five hours after it was detected.

Rendell said Tuesday that he spoke to Exelon Corp. Chairman John Rowe about Saturday's accident, and that Rowe agreed with him.

The accident at the central Pennsylvania plant exposed employees to small amounts of radiation. Government regulators say the accident was so minor that it didn't trigger a federally required report to state authorities. It happened during major maintenance work.

Plant officials say ventilation fans in the reactor building unexpectedly blew radioactive dust out of a reactor cooling system pipe that had been cut open.

A spokeswoman says plant officials will speak with state officials to see where improvements can be made.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Latest Comments on "Gov. Unhappy over TMI's Wait"
posted by: YMC2865 on 8:54 am on 11/25/09
Wow Governor maybe you know how Pennsylvania feels about having to wait over 100 days for the budget to be passed.  You got some nerve!

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