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Three Mile Island accident – a continuing story

PICTURES  Three Mile Island: Legacy of a nuclear accident,  The Washington Post, Michael S. Williamson,  29 March 11, Japan’s nuclear crisis brings back haunting memories for residents of Middletown, Pa., which became the site of the worst U.S. commercial nuclear accident when a partial meltdown began at the Three Mile Island power plant March 28, 1979. But even as the 32nd anniversary of the accident looms, the crisis has never ended for some residents.

The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, which sits along the Susquehanna River, continues operating today. Since the 1979 accident, the plant has become a touchstone for attitudes toward nuclear power: a symbol of fear for anti-nuclear activists and a symbol of the success of emergency safeguards to nuclear supporters Three Mile Island: Legacy of a nuclear accident – The Washington Post

March 29, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Resources -audiovicual