Three Miles of Disaster

Destruction

Once upon a time, on an island far,

far away, there lived a big, mean
monster named Nucleo. He was tall

with red and yellow hair, and big,

fiery orange eyes. Everything he
touched died.

One day, more specifically

on March 28, 1979 during
one of his adventures, he
came across an unknown
land called the "Three Mile
Island. He thought to himself, I wonder if I could make

friends here, its awfully

lonely at my house in the
great ocean. He walked towards the island when his
eyes rested upon a sort of ugly creature, whose face was
as flat as its body. Never be-

fore had Nucleo seen such a

creature. When Nucleo laid
his eyes on the creature, he
wondered, Could this be my

friend? But then, out of nowhere, the creature lunged

at him with something shiny
and sharp in its hand.

All of a sudden, Nucleo

started to feel a bit dizzy.
As Nucleo felt himself being pulled into a slumber,
he heard the creature
laughing menacingly.
He awoke to buzzing noises
and bright lights. It was
very humid in the room,

there was steam all around

him. He lay flat on a cold
table, his hands and feet
bound. He felt sharp pricks
on his arms. The creature

was injecting him with

something called coolant.
Nucleo squirmed and tried
to escape. It gradually began to get hotter in the reactor, and there was no
more steam in the area.
Nucleo began to feel warm.

Nucleo listened to the creatures mumble to each other

about a failure in the system. Then he watched as
they walked away due to some kind of stuck-open
valve. After they left, Nucleo realized this was his
chance to escape from this strange place. He tugged

at the restraints on his arms and legs and was able to

set himself free. As Nucleo started to leave, he heard
alarms start to go off, and some loud voice all around
him saying, Nuclear reactor coolant has escaped! I
repeat: Nuclear reactor coolant has escaped! Partial
meltdown has occurred! While this was happening,
Nucleo spotted some creatures running towards him,
and he quickly sped off.

As Nucleo continued running, he spotted some

more creatures near the exit and decided to
hide. Most of them seemed panicked. Nucleo
tried to listen to their words, but the creatures
were too far away to hear much of anything.
The only thing he did pick up on was that some
of them were going to the control room. As
Nucleo watched the creatures walk away, he

noticed something strange about the floor.

There was water all over the place and most of
it was in his hiding spot.

Nucleo waited a few

minutes before moving,
just in case any of the
creatures came back. Once
the coast seemed clear,
Nucleo quickly headed for
the exit. He ran outside of
the building and started
running towards the gate
to leave. As he got closer
to the exit, Nucleo stopped
upon hearing a Whoosh!
sound. Nucleo turned,
and saw that there was
some kind of smoke spewing out of the top of the
oddly-shaped building. But
Nucleo ignored it, and
proceeded to run out of
the place. He vowed to
stay away from the Three
Mile Island and would
never return again.

Nucleo remembered seeing more creatures heading towards the strange place
he was at. He had heard something
about cleanup and safety. Nucleo
didnt mind though. He returned to his
real home, with new friends he had met
along the way. He would not have to
worry about anymore strange smoke for
as long as he lived.

Standards
1.) Scientific knowledge, explanations and technological design
can change because over time, new discoveries and inventions
are made. With these new discoveries and tools comes new
knowledge. And new inventions lead to the new technological advances. The Three Mile Island incident could have been avoidable
had more new technology and knowledge been discovered.
2.) With the help of peer review, work can become more accurate.
Instead of only having one persons viewpoint, multiple viewpoints can help to assure the accuracy of knowledge and studies.
If the Three Mile Island workers and co-workers had helped
each other and offered assistance, the partial meltdown and
damage to the power plant could have been avoided because of
the peer review.
4.) Polish astronomer Nicholas Copernicus helped to develop the
theory that the sun was at the center of our universe and did not
move in 1583. Issac Newton made important discoveries to gravity in 1664. These are only some important examples of great scientific discoveries. New and important scientific discoveries could
have helped improve the workings of the Three Mile Island power
plant.
5.) Today, most occupations use scientific knowledge and technological skills. These are important skills to have, because,
technology is advancing rapidly and most jobs require someone
to at least know how to work on a computer. Scientific
knowledge is important to know how the environment around us
is working. Even back in the 1970s, technological skills was important to the power plant of the Three Mile Island.

6.) The Three Mile Island Accident didn't have any significant ecosystem impact because it was shut down quickly
and not a lot of waste leaked into the environment. We became more technologically advanced because ,
Upgrading and strengthening of plant design and equipment requirements. This includes fire protection, piping
systems, auxiliary feedwater systems, containment building
isolation, reliability of individual components (pressure relief valves and electrical circuit breakers), and the ability of
plants to shut down automatically;