In Middletown, PA, a quiet rural community, sits the nuclear power plant at Three Mile Island, better known as TMI. It was at this station that the worst commercial nuclear accident in the country's history occured. Early in the morning of March 28, 1979 during routine operations a false reading on a valve caused the hot nuclear core of the reactor to be without water to cool it. The operators also wrongly thought the cooling system was …showed first 75 words of 429 total…

…showed last 75 words of 429 total…signaled the death of the nuclear power industry in this country. With power shortages looming a rebirth is possible, but at present, not probable. Any company looking to contstruct a nuclear plant would face immediate public protests, not just from anti-nuclear activists, but from residents of the proposed area. This is the one true lasting effect of TMI. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** World Almanac 2000. Pg. 259 Rowe, Paul M. Three Mile Island. Cancer. Source: Lancet, 3/01/97, Volume 349 Issue 9052, Page 625.