Fact Sheet on the Three Mile Island Accident


Subject:
Energy , Nuclear Power

Description:
"The accident at the Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) nuclear power plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania, on March 28, 1979, was the most serious in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant operating history." This site provides a summary of events, and discussions of health effects and impacts of the accident. Also includes a diagram of the reactor building, timeline, bibliography, and glossary. From the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

Publisher:
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Language:
English

Source:
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/3mile-isle.html


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