[bagman]

Interesting argument - SL-1 vs TMI-2. More dead from SL-1, greater economic loss from TMI-2. Certainly, TMI-2 had a greater impact on the nuclear industry than SL-1 (SL-1 accident lessons - know your shutdown margin and practice good reactivity management). The lessons from TMI-2 were much farther ranging.

[class8601_nuke]

your reasoning is valid, but while TMI-2 may have had more impact on the industry, I always equate loss of human life as more disastrous. Also, lessons learned during clean up of SL-1 facilitated the clean up of TMI-2. All in all, the economic/industrial impacts are out weighed by the deaths (IMHO).

[class8601_nuke]

also, another major lesson learned from SL-1 is do not have the ability to (easily) physically man handle your control rods (don’t jerk a stuck rod out of the core) :)