American Experience.S11E06.1999.Meltdown At Three Mile Island.avi

It was an unspeakable horror that sent people across the world trembling in terror. At Three Mile Island a nuclear reactor overheated, sending radioactive gas and water spewing into the air like a silent grim reaper. Thousands fled to emergency shelters, world-class scientists raced to prevent a meltdown, public officials tried in vain to calm the fears of people everywhere. A fascinating and at times frightening look at the events and the factors that led to our country's worst nuclear disaster. This episode of American Experience really puts you back in time to early '79, when the TMI Nuclear Plant in Pennsylvania survived the worst accident of its kind in U.S. history.

The behind-the-scenes footage within the facility itself (and in surrounding neighborhoods) is as good as having a time machine, with its settings focused on March 1979. Watch the near-tragedy unfold, step-by-step and day-by-day, including plentiful footage of Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh as he deals with the crisis at hand.

It's chilling and frightening (even today) to think of what MIGHT have occurred had the runaway nuclear reactor not been brought under control. And this video is the best way you could ever possibly re-live those numbing events.




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