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Three Mile Island accident: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date 1979
Location Harrisburg • Pennsylvania • United States

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Aerial view of Three Mile Island nuclear power station near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with four cooling towers; damaged reactor number two is in the foreground. Steam rises from one tower.
Three Mile Island nuclear power generating station
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Bruce Babbitt
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