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Radiation contamination was relatively limited in the Three-Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania in 1979 because a containment zone contained the meltdown and the contamination, according to Naj Meshkati, a University of Southern California professor who has studied nuclear safety for 30 years and visited both Chernobyl and Three-Mile Island.
Remaining Plant Workers Are at Risk Shirley Wang 2011
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Still, there has been Three-Mile Island, and the daily risk of the Romanian nuclear plants.
Environmentalist Forecasting Model, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Such calls have been striking for a country that didn't call nuclear into question after Three-Mile Island and the Chernobyl catastrophes.
French Austerity Push Won't Touch Nuclear Plans Geraldine Amiel 2011
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I have heard that when the Three-Mile Island disaster occured, STATISTICALLY most of the casualties caused by the accident are or will be people injured by the NORMAL operation of the non-nuclear power plants which took over for the damaged nuclear generator.
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PILGRIM: U.S. nuclear power went through a big buildup in the 60s, 70s and 80s, and left a legacy of unpaid bonds and incidents such as Three-Mile Island to turn many against the nuclear option.
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The Three-Mile Island debacle pales beside the prospect of military use of a nuclear weapon.
Obama For President 2008
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Reagan went wrong in not pushing hard for new reactor construction despite Three-Mile Island accident.
The Volokh Conspiracy » GOP Field Lacks Reagan’s Energy: 2007
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Reagan went wrong in not pushing hard for new reactor construction despite Three-Mile Island accident.
The Volokh Conspiracy » GOP Field Lacks Reagan’s Energy: 2007
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Sure, they are conniving, vicious and vengeful, but they are also a house on fire sexually and possess the greatest energy reserve this side of Three-Mile Island.
HerScopes Charlene Lichtenstein 2000
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Sure, they are conniving, vicious and vengeful, but they are also a house on fire sexually and possess the greatest energy reserve this side of Three-Mile Island.
HerScopes Charlene Lichtenstein 2000
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