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Three Mile Island

By: Laura Steele. Three Mile Island. http://www.eoearth.org/files/122001_122100/122018/300px-Three_mile_island.jpg. Facts 1-4. Located in Harrisburg PA March 1979 released radioactive materials Considered the most serious mishap in the U.S 1970’s struggled with gas and oil shortages.

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Three Mile Island

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  1. By: Laura Steele Three Mile Island http://www.eoearth.org/files/122001_122100/122018/300px-Three_mile_island.jpg

  2. Facts 1-4 • Located in Harrisburg PA • March 1979 released radioactive materials • Considered the most serious mishap in the U.S • 1970’s struggled with gas and oil shortages http://www.deakwan.co.cc/myblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/three-miles-island002.jpeg

  3. Facts 5-10 • NRC- Nuclear Regulatory Commission • People that live near Three Mile Island are exposed to 100 millirem a year of naturally generated radioactivity • After the 1979 incident federal government revise standards for nuclear power plants • 30th anniversary • More than 130 new plants are being built • The White House was notified at 9:15 am on March 28,1979 occurring to the innocent of Three Mile Island http://www.hdtvideo.de/img/PresseFotos/ThreeMileIsland350.gif

  4. Facts 11-15 • Gram of uranium 235 contains much energy has four tons of coal • GDP was dependent on electrical • Energy demand is expected to double in 2050 • Global appetites for electricity is to increase 75% over current levels • Three Mile Island is not an radiological catastrophe of Chemernobyl magnitude http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Anniversary+Nuclear+Disaster+Three+Mile+Island+0u9mX7wxApVl.jpg

  5. Work Cited • Schulz, Max, Brice Smith, and ArjunMakhijani. "Nuclear power: both sides." The Wilson Quarterly 30.4 (2006): 59+. Student Resource Center - Gold. Web. 3 May. 2011. • "Three Mile Island." Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: Government and Politics. Ed. Anne Marie Hacht and Dwayne D. Hayes. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Student Resource Center - Gold. Web. 3 May. 2011. • Wheeler, John. "Nuclear risks." Technology Review [Cambridge, Mass.] 113.1 (2010): 10. Student Resource Center - Gold. Web. 3 May. 2011.

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