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Here’s what you should know about the reopening of Three Mile Island

Here’s what you should know about the reopening of Three Mile Island

Jessica Wang, Managing Editor February 28, 2025

The Three Mile Island accident that occurred on March 28, 1979 was the most serious accident in U.S. nuclear power plant history. A combination of equipment malfunctions and worker errors led to a loss...

President Jimmy Carter leaving Three Mile Island for Middletown, Pa. on April 1, 1979. Carter’s arrival at the power plant helped to quell the public’s fears of a full nuclear meltdown. (Photo from the National Archives and Records Administration.)

39 Years Later, Effects of the Three Mile Island Accident Still Linger

Joel Neuschwander, Science and Technology Editor February 27, 2018

Vietnam. Star Wars. Disco. Bell-bottoms. These were all were enduring images of the 1970s, but for thousands of people living in Central Pennsylvania, nothing encompasses the decade more than three...

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