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Exelon draws criticism for late notice on TMI incident

istock analyst (Source: The York Dispatch)By Carl Lindquist, The York Dispatch, Pa.

Nov. 24–-Exelon Corp. is facing criticism for waiting hours to inform local officials about an alarm Saturday signaling increased airborne radiation at its Three Mile Island nuclear power plant.

York County Emergency Management Director Kay Carman said Exelon didn’t tell her about the incident until about 10:45 p.m., six hours after the alarm was triggered.

That’s about the same time the general public learned what happened from local media outlets.

“It was a lengthy time,” Carman said, “much longer than we would have hoped for.”

About 175 workers at the plant were sent home after an alarm sounded  …………… The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said 19 workers tested positive for low-level radiation exposure.
Exelon draws criticism for late notice on TMI incident

November 25, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, radiation, radioactive