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TMI-1 restart halted.


TMI-1 restart To resume computer operation after a planned or unplanned termination. See boot, warm boot and checkpoint/restart.  halted

Early this week, a federal appeals court temporarily barred the operators of the undamaged nuclear reactor nuclear reactor, device for producing controlled release of nuclear energy. Reactors can be used for research or for power production. A research reactor is designed to produce various beams of radiation for experimental application; the heat produced is a waste , Unit 1, at Three Mile Island from restarting their power plant. On June 27, the court will hear arguments from the four groups seeking a review of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's earlier decision to allow the restart (SN: 6/8/85, p. 359). GPU GPU: see secret police.


(Graphics Processing Unit) A specialized logic chip devoted to rendering 2D or 3D images. Display adapters contain one or more GPUs for fast graphics rendering.
 Nuclear Corp., which operates TMI-1, says it will continue limited testing for restarting the reactor Reactor (electricity)

A device for introducing an inductive reactance into a circuit. Inductive reactance x is a function of the product of frequency f and inductance L; thus, x = 2πfL.
 after the case is settled.
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Title Annotation:Three Mile Island
Publication:Science News
Date:Jun 15, 1985
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