Chapter 2
Chapter 2
• Avalanches • Sinkholes
• Cold Waves • Subsidence
• Droughts • Thunderstorms
• Earthquakes • Heat waves
• Flood • Tornadoes
• Hailstorms • Tsunamis
• Ice Storms • Tropical cyclone
• Landslides • Volcanic Eruptions
• Mudslides • Wildfires
Definition of Disasters
July
The first manned entry into the reactor building took place.
1980
July
The reactor vessel head (top) was removed.
1984
Oct.
Fuel removal began.
1985
Date Event
July
The off-site shipment of reactor core debris began.
1986
Jan.
Fuel removal was completed.
1990
July GPU submitted its funding plan for placing $229 million in
1990 escrow for radiological decommissioning of the plant.
Jan.
The evaporation of accident-generated water began.
1991
Date Event
Sept.
NRC issued a possession-only license.
1993
Sept. The Advisory Panel for Decontamination of TMI-2 held its last
1993 meeting.
Dec.
Monitored storage began.
1993
Current Status of TMI
• Today, the TMI 2 reactor is permanently shut down and 99
percent of its fuel has been removed.
• The reactor coolant system is fully drained and the radioactive
water decontaminated and evaporated.
• The accident’s radioactive waste was shipped off site to an
appropriate disposal area, and the reactor fuel and core debris
was shipped to the Department of Energy’s Idaho National
Laboratory.
• The company TMI-2 Solutions acquired the license for Unit 2 in
2020 and is responsible for remaining decommissioning activities
there.
• Unit 1 permanently ceased operation in September 2019, and
Constellation Energy Company (formerly Exelon Generation) is
responsible for decommissioning activities there.
Chernobyl Accident
Chernobyl accident