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The effects of the 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear accident are widely agreed to be very low by scientists in the relevant fields. The American Nuclear Society concluded that average local radiation exposure was equivalent to a chest X-ray and maximum local exposure equivalent to less than a year's background radiation. [1]
The Three Mile Island accident plays a pivotal role in Heat and Light, a 2016 novel by Jennifer Haigh. [160] Meltdown: Three Mile Island is a four-part docuseries released by Netflix on May 4, 2022. [161] The documentary recounts the events, controversies, and lingering effects of the accident. [162]
The health effects of the Three Mile Island accident are widely, but not universally, agreed to be very low level. [16] [17] The TMI accident forced regulatory and operational improvements on a reluctant industry, but it also increased opposition to nuclear power. [18] The accident triggered protests around the world. [19]
The Unit 1 reactor on Three Mile Island, which closed in 2019, is adjacent to the Unit 2 reactor that experienced a major nuclear power accident in 1979
The partial meltdown at the nuclear power plant at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania in 1979 was a perfect coalescing of factors in two senses. First, a series of cascading mechanical and human ...
Exelon said it will take a one-time charge of $65-110 million for 2017 for the early retirement of Three Mile Island, and accelerate about $1.0-1.1 billion in depreciation and amortization through ...
Three Mile Island accident near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (United States), 28 March 1979. [18] A combination of design and operator errors caused a gradual loss of coolant, leading to a partial meltdown. The amounts of radioactive gases released into the atmosphere are still unknown, so injuries and illnesses that have been attributed to this ...
Three Mile Island employs about 675 people, produces enough electricity to power 800,000 homes and pays more than $1 million in state property taxes a year, the company said.