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Nov 22, 2009 10:30 pm US/Eastern

NRC: Three Mile Island Radiation Not Significant

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. (AP) ―

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NRC Investigating Radiation At Three Mile Island

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the small amount of radiation detected at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is not significant.

Specialist John White has told ABC News that there is no indication that radiation at the plant exceeded or even approached regulatory limits.

The commission sent investigators to the central Pennsylvania plant after a small amount of radiation was detected.

About 150 employees were sent home Saturday afternoon after the radiation was detected.

Exelon Nuclear spokeswoman Beth Archer says investigators are searching for a cause of the release. She says the radiation was quickly contained.

Tests showed the contamination was confined to surfaces inside the building.

The unit has been shut down for refueling and maintenance since Oct. 26. Officials are testing workers for radiation exposure.

A partial meltdown occurred in Three Mile Island's Unit 2 reactor in March 1979.