Three Mile Island remains the most serious United States incident in a commercialnuclearpowerplant. Between the hours of 4 and 6 a.m. on March 28, 1979, shift workers at the Three Mile Islandplantunit 2 reactor in Pennsylvania failed to recognize the loss of core coolant water resulting from a stuck valve.
2. ChernobylNuclearPlantMeltdown The Chernobylnuclearplantmeltdown is the worstnucleardisaster in history. It is also the most expensive disaster of any kind to have ever happened. In addition to being inadequately trained, the personnel at thenuclearplantwere also tired and sleep-deprived from irregular and long working schedules.
Themanagement of fatigue is integrated into the industry's fitness-for-duty program and is addressed in NEI 06-11, Managing Personnel Fatigue atNuclearPowerReactor Sites, NEI 03-01,NuclearPowerPlantAccess Authorization Program, and NEI 03-04, Guideline forPlantAccess Training.
Abstract Background Since the Fukushimanuclearpowerplantdisaster (March 11, 2011),plantworkers have been exposed to various traumatic events and reported experiences of insomnia. A four-year follow-up study was conducted to understand the relationship between types of perceived emotional support and insomnia among these workers.
Workers at anuclearpowerplantusing a gymnasium as temporary shelter were divided into two groups: 15 workers with obstructive sleep apnea received continuous positive airway pressure treatment, and 107 workers without obstructive sleep apnea received no treatment. We assessed subjective sleepiness among the workers with obstructive sleep apnea before and after continuous positive airway ...
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