On Mar. 28, 1979, the most significant nuclear power accident in U.S. history began after a pressure valve failed to close at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant near Harrisburg, Pa. What followed … ...

While most people were still asleep just before 4 a.m. on Wednesday, March 28, 1979, a malfunctioning valve set off what would become “the most serious accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power ...

— -- Three Mile Island, the Pennsylvania nuclear power plant that was the site of the worst commercial nuclear power accident in the United States 38 years ago, will close in 2019 unless it ...

This Thursday marks the 40th anniversary of the accident at Three Mile Island’s Unit 2, then a newly minted nuclear reactor that had been running for a mere 90 days.

This article originally appeared on PA Post.. This March marks the 40th anniversary of the partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant.PA Post is collaborating with WITF and PennLive ...

A view of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant on March 28, 1979. The Governor of Pennsylvania ordered the evacuation of the site following an accident. AFP/AFP/Getty Images ...

The Unit 1 reactor on Three Mile Island, which closed in 2019, is adjacent to the Unit 2 reactor that experienced a major nuclear power accident in 1979 By David Chiu ...

News; 40 years after Three Mile Island accident, debate over safety of nuclear energy still goes back and forth. Updated: ; Mar. 26, 2019, 8:15 a.m. | Published ...

It has been 39 years since a meltdown at Three Mile Island became the most significant nuclear accident in U.S. history. On March 28, 1979, one of the reactors at that power plant partially melted ...

On the 40th anniversary of the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, we look back at the disaster and discuss the effect it had on the nuclear power industry then and now. Skip to content. BBC World ...

Three Mile Island, the shuttered Pennsylvania nuclear power plant that was the site of a 1979 reactor accident that remains the worst commercial nuclear power plant accident in U.S. history, is ...