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This Day in History: America’s Worst Nuclear Fears Realized at Three Mile Island Plant

Thirty-eight years ago today — March 28, 1979 — disaster struck at 4 a.m. at the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear power plant in central Pennsylvania after its cooling system failed. It remains the worst nuclear accident in American history.   A simple plumbing failure prevented the main feedwater pumps from sending water to generators that remove heat from the plant's core reactor.     During those pre-dawn hours, the temperature of the reactor...


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