Legal Opinion
General Public Utilities Corp. v. United States
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 24, 1982No. Civ. A. 81-4950PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
TROUTMAN, District Judge.
Background
In the early morning hours of March 28, 1979, a turbine generator at plaintiffs’ 1 Three Mile Island Unit 2 nuclear facility (TMI), designed by Babcock & Wilcox (B & W), experienced a shutdown “trip” due to a loss of feedwater. Subsequently, a rapid heat buildup raised the pressure in the reactor coolant system and caused a pilot-operated relief valve to open, thereby relieving excess pressure. Shortly thereafter, the re actor shut down and pressure in its coolant system dropped to within the normal range; the pilot-operated relief valve…
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