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Aalo breaks ground in Idaho
Eight days after Aalo Atomics released the details of its securing of $100 million in Series B funding, the company announced that it has broken ground on the 50-MWe Aalo-X. Sited in the desert beside Idaho National Laboratory, it will be the company’s first nuclear power plant, and it remains on track to go on line by July 4, 2026.
Earl F. Gee
Nuclear Technology | Volume 87 | Number 2 | October 1989 | Pages 527-530
Technical Paper | TMI-2: Health Physics and Environmental Release / Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27748
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At the time of the accident at Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) in March 1979, the station was ill-prepared for the respiratory protection demands that arose. Although a recognized respiratory protection program that permitted the application of protection factors for planned maintenance under controlled conditions was in place, it lacked the depth and detail needed to handle the immediate accident and subsequent recovery. Major problems realized immediately following the accident included an inadequate supply of emergency equipment and compressed air charging capacity, too few qualified personnel, and access to plant training and fit-test facilities. For the long-term cleanup, a complete revision of the scope and depth of the respiratory program was necessary. A full-time respiratory protection supervisor was assigned to oversee the program, which was expanded to include the following: