Three Mile Island now home to 3 rare birds of prey

[thundley4]

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - State wildlife officials say the Susquehanna River island known for a 1979 nuclear accident is now the only known site in Pennsylvania where bald eagles, peregrine falcons and osprey are nesting near each other.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission said Friday that a pair of bald eagles joined the others on Three Mile Island when they built a nest in the spring.
Peregrine falcons are considered endangered in Pennsylvania, while bald eagles and the osprey are considered threatened.

Exelon, the owner of the island's nuclear power plant, says the falcons are nesting on the reactor building, the ospreys are atop a meteorological tower and the eagles are in a tree.
The 1979 partial meltdown of a Three Mile Island reactor released a small amount of radiation but caused no serious injuries.

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OMG !! Radioactive, genetically mutated raptors. We're all gonna die !! 

[NHSparky]

Oh, fer Chrissakes...30 years ago and they're acting like the whole place is hotter than Chernobyl.  The biggest worry was Iodine-131, which has a half-life of 8 DAYS.  8 FREAKIN DAYS...

[JohnnyReb]

http://www.cumberlink.com/news/local/state-and-regional/article_f2e761b2-7b05-11df-8c9e-001cc4c002e0.html


OMG !! Radioactive, genetically mutated raptors. We're all gonna die !! 

What if the little ones become supersized and start dropping little "bombs" when they fly.........We should abort them now.

[Ptarmigan]

Three Mile Island helped derail nuclear power, besides Chernobyl. Both were human error.

[Airwolf]

What if the little ones become supersized and start dropping little "bombs" when they fly.........We should abort them now.

Yeah go ahead and tell Momma that one when shes like this,




Next thing you know we'll have to get Godzilla moved here from Japan and then Lord Help us. Then again its mostly Libs over there anyway.