Chernobyl Bike Ride / Three Mile Island

Posted by: Diode100 on 15 January 2007

There was a thread here some while ago about Elena Filatova and her Chernobyl website, which I think most posters recognised the public importance of, given the re-emergence of the nuclear debate. In a similar vein, I'm trying to trace a documentary made about the disaster at Three Mile Island, it was made by the American Public Broadcast Service, and was called, Meltdown at Three Mile Island. Does anyone know where I can get, or download a copy from ?
Posted on: 15 January 2007 by Nigel Cavendish
I agree; given the global warming fear attached to carbon emissions, nuclear power is the sensible option.
Posted on: 15 January 2007 by SteveGa
Depends where you are

Amazon.com (vhs)

I have found it as a download, but as it is copyrighted material... If you are keen search Google, I am sure you will find it!

Steve
Posted on: 15 January 2007 by Diode100
Ok, Steve, if you say so, I'll keep looking.
I found this link to a 24 minute film held in the Penn State University Library:-

Meltdown & Clean-Up

But this is not the American Experience 60 minute documentary that was televised. The films on Amazon are VHS tapes, presumably American format, and they want $70 for them !!
Posted on: 15 January 2007 by David Dever
Having grown up in Pennsylvania and spent some time near Harrisburg, I'd definitely have to say that the Cernobyl disaster was significantly larger in scale than Three Mile Island, which now lives peacefully on as a nature preserve, of sorts.

Most of us from PA are mutants anyway, so you'd never be able to tell.
Posted on: 15 January 2007 by SteveGa
quote:
Originally posted by Diode100:
Ok, Steve, if you say so, I'll keep looking.
I found this link to a 24 minute film held in the Penn State University Library:-

Meltdown & Clean-Up

But this is not the American Experience 60 minute documentary that was televised. The films on Amazon are VHS tapes, presumably American format, and they want $70 for them !!


Search for this:

"Meltdown at Three Mile Island" + download

in google, see what you can find on the first page, roughly the second hit - you will need Bittorent though. Make sure you are well protected virus wise!
Posted on: 15 January 2007 by Derek Wright
The original Chernobyl bike ride story at

Elena's web site
Posted on: 15 January 2007 by Rico
I've seen some very interesting documentaries on TV recently on Chernobyl - some on the actualy disaster, some on how it happened (might have been one of those pappy 'Second from disaster' things), one on former residents returning, one on the effects on the human robots they sent in to contain and clean up.

There's always "the china syndrome" for a dramatisation of Three Mile Island - bloody good 70's movie.

I'll have a look around for the 3MI docos you mention - I'd no doubt find them interesting. Thanks for the links.

regards
Posted on: 15 January 2007 by JohanR
Elenas site is a hoax and filled with lies!

Two friends was at Tjernobyl this summer. It's open to everybody who likes to visit, but you have to go with a guide. They could go as near as 100 meters from the covered up power plant. 3000 people still works at Tjernobyl every day with maintenance!

Here is some pics from their visit Visit Tjernobyl

I'm sorry, but its only in Swedish. Please click on "Nästa sida" to go to next page.

JohanR
Posted on: 16 January 2007 by Diode100
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Originally posted by JohanR:
Elenas site is a hoax and filled with lies!

JohanR


Could you be more specific ?