European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday october 10, 1985 Tim s unit 1 reactor finally Back on line mi1jduitown, a. Aim the unit i reactor a the three mile Island nuclear Power Plant began generating electricity wednesday for the first time since the nation s worst commercial Nuclo or Accident wrecked its sister reactor. Unit i went on line at 4 02 a m. When the reactor reached i 5 percent of its capacity and its steam powered Generator was connected to the regional Power Grid said Gnu nuclear corp. Spokeswoman Lisa Robinson. There were minor problems that the Plant addressed right away they were things that did t stand in the Way of escalation of Power Robinson said. Details of the problems were not available bul Robinson said they were expected As part of he Startup process. Unit i had not been in commercial service since feb. 17. 1979, when it was turned off for refuelling. A Little Over a month later the adjacent unit 2 Over heated when it lost Cooling water releasing radioactive material and melting its uranium fuel. The nuclear regulatory commission then ordered unit i closed until its Safe operation could be assured. A is. Supreme court order last week allowed the restart of the unit 1 reactor on thursday and it had been running at up to 3 percent Power. The arc on tuesday authorized the Plant to boost Power and begin generating electricity after two successful tests for evenness of the reaction and the Plant s ability to remove heat without High pow ered pumps said Gnu nuclear spokes Man Doug Bedell. The Plant has performed Well and the performance of the operators has been fully professional and competent in All respects said Tim i director Henry he kill. During the initial testing a 10-second burst of steam containing minute amounts of radioactive Cobalt 60 was released to the atmosphere bul its radioactivity was too Small to be measured. Bedell said. Under arc rules up to is Milli Ramof radioactive particles May be released a year. Bedell said. A Mill Irum is a measure of radiation dose. The 800-Rnegawalt plan will be taken up to 40 percent Power Over the next two weeks. It is not scheduled to reach 100 percent of its capacity for three months. Some High fiber breads using Wood pulp group says Washington a americans who buy certain breads hoping to increase the fiber in their diets Are get Ting Wood pulp instead of Grain a Washington consumer group says. Natural furniture fiber would be More accurate than the claim of natural food fiber on some of the bread asserted Bonnie Liebman nutrition director of the Center for science in the Public interest. Most Consumers would be shocked to learn that the fiber in these breads comes from Trees not wheat Grain she said tuesday. Liebman cited eight brands of bread produced across the nation All advertised either As High fiber or lower Cal Oric products. Labels on the breads list Alpha cellulose and do not state that the breads fiber comes from Wood Liebman said. It is not Clear whether Wood fiber is As effective As natural food fiber in preventing health problems like Colon cancer and constipation Liebman said. In addition she said the bread labels Are misleading because they list their Content of crude fiber rather than dietary fiber which she termed the currently accepted bread makers denied that the Labelling is deceptive. Our Label itself states Fiat out non nutritive crude fiber thai s hardly said Rolla Dwyer director of technical services at . Long co. In Chicago maker of vim one Brand of bread cited by the consumer group. Fiber is beneficial to health whether it comes from Wood or grains and if there was any Hazard it would not be allowed by the government said Lewis Ort president of Ort s inc., based in Cumberland my. The firm makes less Brand bread. Cellulose is As effective As other fibres Ort said Al though he noted that his less bread also contains fiber from bran and soybeans. He said he is in the process of converting to All soy fiber. Jerry Thompson a food chemist with Orl s company said crude fiber Content is listed because the methods of measuring dietary fiber remain unproven. The Lood and drug administration last year proposed a method for measuring dietary fiber but final regulations on that system have not yet taken effect. Until last year Fra regulations required breads Mak ing fiber claims to list crude fiber and Only recently have they allowed dietary fiber to be listed Dwyer said. She said her company planned to change its labels to use that designation. Dwyer also said Federal regulations require labels to use the common and usual name of ingredients which in this Case is Alpha cellulose. Besides Virn and less the non profit consumer advocacy group complained about Labelling on Lite loaf inter state brands Kansas City to. Lite n up orow cat foods co., Montebello Calif. Merita Lite american bakeries new York roman Lite roman meal co., Seattle Sunbeam Lite Quality Bakers Greenwich Conn. And 40, Bird curator Lorie collard chases an african Crown Crane during a Bird Roundup at Marine world Africa Usa in Redwood cily Calif. More it .11 500 Birds and on the Wing land and sea mammals Are being moved to the wildlife entertainment Park s new quarters in Vallejo. The new Park is scheduled to open in 1986. Grocers baking co., grand rapids. Mich. Jerry Morano of Quality Bakers said his firm also planned a changeover to the dietary fiber listing on Sun beam Lite labels. We re certainly not trying to deceive anyone on this he said. Whatever Labelling is required by the food and drug administration is there added Ray Sandy Sutton coun Sel for interstate brands which makes Lite loaf in Kan Sas City. He added that no attempt at deception was in tended. Officials at american bakeries in new York declined to comment on the Center s complaints until they had a Chance to study them. President Vince Callaghan of grocers baking co., also known As oven fresh said Alpha cellulose is preferable to other natural fibres because it is non caloric helping re Duce the caloric count of the product. Although it is a product of Wood fiber Callaghan said Alpha cellulose is fairly common in food it s a vegetable fiber and i Don t think it bothers most people he said. It in t any secret it s right there on the ingredient officials of orow cat foods declined immediate com ment. And executives at roman meal co. Did not immediately return Calls seeking comment. The Wood pulp Issue surfaced once before in the mid 1970s, in the Case of fresh horizons bread. At that time the Federal Trade commission required the manufacturer to list Wood pulp on its labels. 3 of reservists survive fiery crash of Hh-3 helicopter mount Clemens Mich. A _ despite his injuries and burning fuel shooting into the cockpit the Pilot of a Hh-3 Jolly Green giant military helicopter made an Ott "1 emergency Landing Here after an engine sex tie Pilot and two crewmen part of an air Force re serve unit at Selfridge air National guard base remained hospitalised wednesday with one crewman reported uncritical condition. They were making their approach and one of Gines blew up. Damaging the other engine said retired i. Col. Don of the Enli. Col. Donald a Odell. The base Public affairs officer. Then one of the fuel lines broke and some of the fuel leaked into the cockpit and there was a Flash n he Rel i1 maj a Rry Bri oks to rotated into a Odili � i a Lac 94 Abou i Miles from Selfridge ode i said. He a helicopter Pilot can make an Auto Roatch or Engin class Landing when the Craft is falling of cause its spinning Blades still provide lift. Hrtu0" race of Cuby Rii in Ion said she saw the and Fri Rob vol l0"? bul the Pilo ""1 �ro1 stable to upri8 � " front of a horsestaou.,. A till c,6inr. Master sgt. Paul Lcclair of new non it 100 feet from a residential area. R l acc Schnh of a Burns and is taken to Hospital West to mount Clemens said Odell. Where or "j"5 to ? o troit receiving Hospital wednesday " a bul Able con Tion schism of a a cd Orvill. And co Pilot capt. John Generth Oani it " melted to mount Clemen Sor Rene pries " Ood condition said using super i
