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 ...

Five years ago, Three Mile Island shut down Unit 1, located near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for economic reasons. The Unit 1 reactor is located adjacent to Unit 2, which shut down in 1979 after a ...

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. — On March 28 ,1979, the Unit 2 reactor on Three Mile Island went through a partial meltdown, marking the worst nuclear power accident in U.S. history. With Constellation ...

Located in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, the plant is adjacent to but independent from the Unit 2 Three Mile Island reactor, which suffered a partial meltdown in 1979. The incident shook ...

a Pennsylvania town nearest to Three Mile Island, said she was among thousands of people who tried to leave their homes during the meltdown of Unit 2, and said the exodus was marred by lines at ...

MARCH 28TH, 1979 46 YEARS AGO TODAY, THE WORST NUCLEAR ACCIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY HAPPENED RIGHT HERE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. THE UNIT TWO REACTOR THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR PLANT IN DAUPHIN ...

A local activist is suing the Dauphin County Board of Commissioners and other officials, accusing them of using taxpayer funds to promote the restart of Unit One at Three Mile Island. The lawsuit ...

In mid-March 1979, Americans headed to the theaters to see The China Syndrome. Starring Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas and Jack Lemmon, the disaster thriller follows a broadcast journalist who ...