
Meltdown

In the early hours of March 28, 1979, a system malfunction began what would become the worst nuclear accident in American history. What ensued punctured the public's belief in the safety of nuclear energy and became an awful study in the consequences of communication breakdown during a crisis. This week, the fallout of who and what to trust when a catastrophic event occurs.
If you would like to read more on the topic, here's a list:
- Radiation Nation: Three Mile Island and the Political Transformation of the 1970s by Natasha Zaretsky
- Demanding Democracy After Three Mile Island by Raymond L. Goldsteen and John K. Schorr
- The Warning: Accident at Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Omen for the Age of Terror by Mike Gray
- Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective by J. Samuel Walker
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