1. Three-Mile-Island is a fascinating topic for understanding flooding-related hazards & engineered critical facility structures.
   Provide an essay description of the flooding hazard for Three Mile Island.
    

   Address the following

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3. 1) Provide some history of when the plant was built, how long this type of construction takes, etc.  

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5. 2) What were the hazard assumptions (flood levels) when the plant was built?  

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7. 3) What were the revised (obviously higher) flood hazard levels after Hurricane Agnes, how would higher levels affect the plant and what mitigation methods could be used to safeguard the plant?

8. 4) What happened after the third (even higher) flooding hazard revision in the mid-2010's? How would mitigating that level of risk be accomplished?  

9. 5) what would you do in this situation and what was the final decision for the future of the facility? 

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Navigating the Flooding Hazard A Brief History of Three Mile Island 1 Construction Timeline The construction of Three Mile Island TMI nuclear power plant commenced in the late 1960s and culminated in ... View the full answer