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Causes and Effects of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Disaster

In 1979 at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in USA a cooling malfunction caused part of the core to melt in the #2 reactor. The TMI-2 reactor was destroyed. Some radioactive gas was released a couple of days after the accident, but not enough to cause any dose above background levels to local residents.

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NRC: Backgrounder on the Three Mile Island Accident

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The Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) reactor, near Middletown, Pa., partially melted down on March 28, 1979. This was the most serious accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant operating history, although its small radioactive releases had no detectable health effects on plant workers or the public.

Three Mile Island Accident. - World Nuclear Association

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In 1979 at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in USA a cooling malfunction caused part of the core to melt in the #2 reactor. The TMI-2 reactor was destroyed. Some radioactive gas was released a couple of days after the accident, but not enough to cause any dose above background levels to local residents.

What Went Wrong? - Three Mile Island

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This had two major consequences; first it forced water into the pressurizer and ... In case of an accident, a nuclear power plant has tanks of water with pumps ... the valve was closed, the core was uncovered, enough to cause some fuel to melt.

Three Mile Island accident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Lessons From the 1979 Accident at Three Mile Island - Nuclear ...

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The accident at Three Mile Island 2 (TMI 2) in 1979 was caused by a ... they had received a radiation dose large enough to possibly cause health effects.

Three Mile Island - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com

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Three Mile Island accident | nuclear accident, United States [1979 ...

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