37 Season
396 Episode
American Experience - Season 11 Episode 6 Meltdown at Three Mile Island
At 4:00am on March 28, 1979, a reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear power facility near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania suddenly overheated, releasing radioactive gasses. During the ensuing tension-packed week, scientists scrambled to prevent the nightmare of a meltdown, officials rushed in to calm public fears, and thousands of residents fled to emergency shelters. Equipment failure, human error, and bad luck would conspire to create America's worst nuclear accident.
- Year: 2024
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: PBS
- Keyword: biography, usa history, current affairs
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