The plant consisted of two pressurized water reactors. The plant’s positioning is followed by many when deciding where to build a nuclear power plant. The position of the nuclear power plant is crucial because it uses the cool water of the river to help cool the plant. Three Mile Island is located in Londonderry, PA just south of Hattiesburg on an island in the Susquehanna River according to Google Maps. The effects of Chernobyl are still being felt today which is 32 years later at the time of this analysis.įortunately for Three Mile Island and the future of Nuclear Power on American Soil, the disaster did not kill anyone initially, and the radioactivity that was released did not rise above normal radiation levels to cause radiation sickness, cancer, or death in years to come.
Much larger nuclear reactors, like Three Mile Island, pose an even greater threat to society which was proven just seven years later when Chernobyl had a meltdown. The small reactor had a devastating effect. The potential for nuclear disaster had previously been established with a lesser known incident, SL-1, with an Army reactor that had a meltdown killing all three personnel on site actually pinning one of the personnel to the ceiling of the building with one the control rods. Because of the almost major disaster at Three Mile Island, laws and regulations have been passed to ensure that an accident does not happen and threaten the lives of thousands of Americans. The event, which happened in Londonderry Township, Pennsylvania, did raise awareness to the potential of a commercial nuclear disaster and to the possibility of many deaths from a possible explosion, fallout, and secondary radiation in later years. Three Mile Island was the worst commercial nuclear accident at the time although no deaths happened as a result of the partial nuclear meltdown. Implications for Modern Emergency Management Aftermath and Investigation into the Disaster
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