Irrespective of what township we’ve lived in, it’s been inside a 20-mile radius of the 3 Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant. I have lived my whole life with sirens being sounded every couple of months as a practice caution. I’ve also grown up with having an escape plan drilled into my head. So, it was obvious that on that fateful Sep 11th of 2001, that my little community panicked. When you live so close to a nuclear power plant, you have a tendency to worry about the worst. We are just a couple of short hours from Washington D.C. There had been the speculation that they’d be heading for 3 Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant.
My complete family made a few calls to remind everybody about our escape plan.
But, the aeroplane that crashed in Pennsylvania was a pretty frightful event.
In the weeks that followed the terrorist attacks, the governing body had everybody on high alert. Everybody in the city made escape plans too. I’d never minded living so close to a nuclear power plant, but I definitely did then. In reality, I never truly knew the small print of what a nuclear power plant basically is.
Apart from the proven fact that it made energy, I just took it for granted. As an example, I had no idea that there are only 442 nuclear power plants around the world. I had no concept that they do not pollute the air or the environment, if proper care are taken. I also failed to know that they cost tiny to operate and need a low quantity of fuel. Economically, it might appear a nuclear power plant is peaceful for the environment and incredibly practical.
Naturally, you have got to set aside the proven fact that they cost a comprehensive fortune to form and build in the 1st place. Since that fateful Sep day, the safety measures around our local nuclear power plant have been stepped up massively. Each so sometimes I hear the practice drills and I’m going into a split 2nd panic mode.
Then, just as fast, I realize that it’s just practice. I will not think how much I’d remember if the nuclear power plant really did malfunction or have an emergency. I guess that I’d hope that my instincts would simply take over.