Three Mile Island in 3D: feel the heat of a nuclear reactor

Spanish media has recently published details of accidents at three nuclear power stations in Spain, the most serious in Ascó Unit I Nuclear Power Plant in Catalonia, Spain. Nuclear disasters all tend to develop the same pattern: authorities inform late and little to the public. Inevitably, the panic is followed by denial while the consequences of the accidents multiply quickly and spiral out of control.

At least that is what I remember from the nuclear disasters that immediately come to mind: Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. Oh, I forget, the Brits have their particular British no. 1: Sellafield.

I downloaded the 3D view of the abandoned Three Mile Island. The reactor looks pretty impressive:

When flying over France, it is easy to spot huge plumes of white vapour emerging from white chimneys. The French nuclear power stations are there to remind us of their unashamed dependency from nuclear fission generation. Europeanz, I fart in your general direction!