Atomic Twister
Atomic Twister is an original television film starring Sharon Lawrence and MarkPaul Gosselaar that was first aired in 2002 on TBS. The plot revolves around a series of tornadoes that damage a nuclear reactor in a small town in western Tennessee, in turn causing a nearmeltdown at the plant. Although an F2 tornado did hit the DavisBesse Nuclear Power Station in Ohio onJune 1998 resulting in the loss of offsite power, and this appears to be the inspiration for the film, the film bears no resemblance to the actual events at DavisBesse.
When the diesel pumps fail, the staff try to restart the electric pumps, but they wont respond. The nuclear reactor overheats, causing coolant to evaporate from the waste pool, threatening to expose radioactive material. The staff attempt to initiate SCRAM procedures to try to shut down the nuclear reactor, but the computer fails to respond. An operator named Neville goes in to manually shut down the reactor, but is exposed to large amounts of radiation. He is successful, though, and the reactor is shut down, although he is presumably fatally injured by the radiation. Coolant is still rapidly evaporating from the waste pool, meaning the radioactive material will be exposed in half an hour.A local police officer named Jake MarkPaul Gosselaar, a friend of Corrine, searches for Campbell and finds him. Together they make their way to safety at Corinnes request. On the way they discover Jakes girlfriend, Ashley Charmaine Guest, trapped on a steep hillside in her car. Jake goes down to rescue her. Both Jake and Ashley are nearly killed when her car slides over the cliff but Campbell saves their lives, risking his own to do it when he is given an option to escape. Jake lauds Campbell as a hero and lets a relieved Corrine know of her sons survival and heroism. ........
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