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Containment: Life After Three Mile Island examines the legacy of the Three Mile Island nuclear accident through the lens of the nearby community of Middletown, Pennsylvania. The film explores the political, environmental, and psychological effects of the accident on area residents.
Containment: Life After Three Mile Island examines the legacy of the Three Mile Island nuclear accident through the lens of the nearby community of Middletown, Pennsylvania. The film explores the political, environmental, and psychological effects of the accident on area residents. — Anonymous. Synopsis.
The 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.
Description: Images of Three Mile Island, industrial wetlands and Calumet Region. (“Film still from Containment - Life After Three Mile Island” courtesy of Chris Boebel, Nick Poppy, and Christine Walley. “Industrial wetlands in Indiana’s Calumet Region” and “Protesting landfills in South Chicago” courtesy of Christine Walley.) file. 133 kB.
Three Mile Island’s Unit 1 continued operation for 40 years before shutting down in the fall of 2019. The reactor had a generating capacity of more than 800 megawatts of carbon-free electricity and at its peak employed 675 people. Facts to know about the accident at Three Mile Island in 1979.
Mar 28, 2024 · Summary of Events. The accident began about 4 a.m. on Wednesday, March 28, 1979, when the plant experienced a failure in the secondary, non-nuclear section of the plant (one of two reactors on the site).
Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station (commonly abbreviated as TMI) is a shutdown nuclear power plant on Three Mile Island [a] in Pennsylvania on the Susquehanna River just south of Harrisburg. It has two separate units, TMI-1 (owned by Constellation Energy) and TMI-2 (owned by EnergySolutions). [6]
