In 1979, a reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant experienced a failure. It was triggered by a small issue that eventually turned into a partial meltdown. It is the closest the United States has ever come to a major nuclear incident, permanently shifting the popularity of nuclear power. This is the story of the Three Mile Island accident.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accident
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/3mile-isle
https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/three-mile-island-accident
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