Past in Perspective.

The Three-Mile Accident

On 28th of March 1979. The Three Mile Island Nuclear Generation Station in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania experienced a partial melt down of their nuclear reactor also known as TMI-2.

Three Mile Accident faced a number of investigations followed by studies. It was a combination of equipment malfunction, design inefficiency and operating errors. However, the Accident resulted in minute radioactive releases with no major health effects; it is one of the most notable accidents in the history of Nuclear Power Generation.

The Three Mile Accident proved out to be a triggering point for enhanced reactor safety in the states...

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