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March 1979, Three Mile Island

March 1979, Three Mile Island. By Quayshanna Blount. What is Three Mile Island?. Three Mile Island is an Nuclear generating station in Londonderry township, Dauphin country Pennsylvania. WHAT HAPPENED?.

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March 1979, Three Mile Island

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  1. March 1979, Three Mile Island By Quayshanna Blount

  2. What is Three Mile Island? • Three Mile Island is an Nuclear generating station in Londonderry township, Dauphin country Pennsylvania.

  3. WHAT HAPPENED? • At 4:00am Wednesday morning of March 28,1979 a nuclear power plant the meltdown was caused by a non-nuclear cooling system . • The cooling system caused the power plant to released radiation due to mechanical or electrical failures.

  4. Evacuation • Over the course of 5 days the problem had become more clear and was brought under control. • In the course of those 5 pregnant woman and preschool children that lived within a 20 mile radius was evacuated from their homes for safety

  5. Gases • It was a scare for the local people of Harrisburg Pennsylvania even though there was an attempt to keep the situation from escalating into everyone in a panic • Lucky there were no injuries. Even though some radioactive gas was released it was not enough to cause any dose above background levels to local residents

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