Three Mile Island accident - Wikipedia
WEBThe Three Mile Island accident was a partial nuclear meltdown of the Unit 2 reactor (TMI-2) of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station on the Susquehanna River in Londonderry Township, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Three Mile Island ‑ Accident, Nuclear & Meltdown - HISTORY
WEBDec 18, 2009 · Three Mile Island is the site of a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania which experienced the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history in 1979.
Backgrounder on the Three Mile Island Accident | NRC.gov
WEBMar 28, 2024 · The Three Mile Island Unit 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 | 1979, Pennsylvania, US | Britannica
WEB21 hours ago · Three Mile Island accident, accident in 1979 at the Three Mile Island nuclear power station that was the most serious in the history of the American nuclear power industry. The Three Mile Island power station was named after the island on which it was situated in the Susquehanna River near.
Pieces of Three Mile Island to be preserved for history - WHYY
WEB1 day ago · Pieces of Three Mile Island to be preserved for history. The plant’s control panel and a model of the reactor core will be preserved, as well as signs, maps, and photos from the time of TMI-2’s partial meltdown in 1979. By. Rachel McDevitt, StateImpact Pennsylvania. September 20, 2024. Three Mile Island pictured on June 3, 2024. (Jeremy ...
Nuclear disaster at Three Mile Island | March 28, 1979 - HISTORY
WEBNov 24, 2009 · The worst accident in the history of the U.S. nuclear power industry begins when a pressure valve in the Unit‑2 reactor at Three Mile Island fails to close.
NMAH | Three Mile Island: The Inside Story - National Museum of ...
WEBIn July 1986, core-boring equipment adapted from the petroleum industry brought up 2½-inch (6.4 cm) diameter cores from the reactor’s core (ref. 16, p. 854; ref. 12, ch. 5, p. 18).
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WEBOn March 28, 1979, Three Mile Island's Unit 2 reactor suffered a partial meltdown after a pump stopped sending water to the steam generators that removed heat from the reactor core.
NMAH | Three Mile Island: The Inside Story - National Museum of ...
WEBThree Mile Island: The Inside Story. The cover of the report of the investigative commission appointed by President Jimmy Carter immediately following the accident. The wrecked reactor is inside a steel pressure vessel inside the …
NMAH | Three Mile Island: The Inside Story - National Museum of ...
WEBThree Mile Island: The Inside Story. The first looks inside the reactor. Figure 5.1. First entry into the reactor containment building, summer 1980. Learn more. In the months following the accident, “the actual condition of the core was the subject of …