Third Shipment of TMI Debris Sent to Idaho
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MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — A third shipment of radioactive debris from the damaged Three Mile Island nuclear reactor has left the power plant for a laboratory in Idaho, a project spokesman said Monday.
The two containers of rubble, weighing about 19,500 pounds, are being shipped by rail to the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, where Department of Energy officials will study the debris, Terry Smith of the Three Mile Island fuel shipping program said.
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