Three Mile Island accident

When

28 Mar 1979

Kind

Industrial accident

Coordinates

40.15° N, 76.73° W

Description

nuclear accident

1979 nuclear accident in Pennsylvania

The Three Mile Island accident was a partial nuclear meltdown of the Unit 2 reactor (TMI-2) of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, located on the Susquehanna River in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The reactor accident began at 4:00 a.m. on March 28, 1979, and released radioactive gases and radioactive iodine into the environment. It is the worst accident in U.S.

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