Was Three Mile Island a Meltdown?
The Three Mile Island Accident Was a Partial Meltdown of Reactor Number 2 of Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station (Tmi-2) in Dauphin County...
The Three Mile Island accident was a partial meltdown of reactor number 2 of Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station (TMI-2) in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, near Harrisburg, and subsequent radiation leak that occurred on March 28, 1979.
What caused the meltdown at Three Mile Island?
The accident at Three Mile Island 2 (TMI 2) in 1979 was caused by a combination of equipment failure and the inability of plant operators to understand the reactor's condition at certain times during the event.
Was there a meltdown at Three Mile Island?
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.
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