Breakdown at Three Mile Island raises doubts about nuclear power plants

Category
Earth
Place
United States
Date
1979
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"Surprisingly little radioactivity escaped into the atmosphere and the accident caused no immediate ill effects. None of the plant workers nor the 25,000 people living within 5 miles suffered any harm, and evacuation plans were deemed unnecessary. . . . The incident cast a pall over the US nuclear industry for years." [Furtado: 1001 Days]

This event is linked to the following periods

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Category
Cold War (U.S.) & Counterculture
1945
1991
United States