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Three Mile Island Nuclear AccidentMarch 28, 1979
Lindsey Landolfi Professor LahnemanIHSM 611-001
Harrisburg, PAHarrisburg, PAHarrisburg, PA
Baltimore, MDPhiladelphia, PAWashington, DC
79.3 mi106 mi 120 mi
Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station
Credit: 2000 United States Disaster Preparedness Institute (USDPI) Credit: Google – Imagery , 2011 Graphic Adjustments; L. Landolfi
International Atomic Energy Agency’s
International Nuclear Event Scale for prompt communication of safety significance
• Three Mile Island, USA 1979
• Chernobyl, Ukraine 1986
• Kyshtym, Russia 1957
Credit: The International Atomic Energy Agency. Graphic Adjustments; L. Landolfi
Credit: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.Graphic Adjustments; L. Landolfi
Three Mile Island Pressurized Water Reactor Schematic
Three Mile Island Unit 2 Control Room Design
Credit: National Archives
A Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspector examines the TMI-2 control room.
Credit: Report of the President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island. Graphic Adjustments; L. Landolfi
Met Ed technicians and radioactive material cleanup crew in protective gear.Credit: AP Photo
TMI employee monitoring radiation levels , across the Susquehanna river from the disabled TMI-2 reactor containment building.
Credit: AP Photo. Graphic Adjustments; L. Landolfi
Post- Three Mile Island Unit-2 Loss of Coolant Accident
Three Mile Island 25 Mile Radius Fallout Map
Fear of radiation exposure prompted voluntary evacuations in the residential areas near the TMI facility. Credit: AP Photo Credit: Nuke Times
An April 9, 1979 issue of TIME magazine highlighting the Three Mile Island nuclear controversy.
Credit: Dan Miller/Time Magazine/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
Three Mile Island Transformation from Public Asset to Liability
Cooling towers at Three Mile Island.
After the TMI accident, an issue of Mad magazine featured Alfred E. Neuman, the fictional mascot of Mad magazine, with his intellectually incurious motto, "What, me worry?" changed to, "Yes, me worry!"
Connection Between Media, Publics, & Politics
A film dramatizing the dangers of nuclear power, “The China Syndrome” was released 12 days prior to the TMI accident.
On March 30 , 1979 Walter Cronkite, to lead the CBS Evening News by saying, “we are faced with the remote but very real possibility of a nuclear meltdown at
the Three Mile Island atomic power plant.”
Federal Investigation of the Three Mile Island Accident
President J. Carter and John Kemeny, Head of the TMI Presidential Commission
Credit: Library of Congress
(Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1979)
Testimony to the Commission
Credit: Report of the President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island
William Zewe, TMI-2 & TMI-1 shift supervisor; Edward Frederick andCraig Faust;TMI-2 control room operators
Garry Miller,TMI station manager; George Kunder,TMI-2 superintendent for tech. support.
Earnest Blake, Met Ed legal council; Fred Scheimann, TMI-2 shift foreman;
Seated (1 to R)
Credit: National Archives
Protestors rallying at the Pennsylvania Capitol following the Three Mile Island accident.
Anti-Nuclear Power Campaigns
Giugni, M. (2004). Social protest and policy change. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield.
Radiation Emission and Cancer Incidence within 10 miles of Three Mile Island
Data source: Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 5, no. 1, jan. 1997. Graphic: J. Bryan, Endeavors, vol. XIV, no. 1, Fall1997, and J. Trostle
License Renewal Application **
Submitted to NRC
Safety Review
Safety Evaluation
Audit & Review
Safety Evaluation Report with Open Items
Issued**
Onsite Inspection(s)
Inspection Report(s) Issued **
Safety Evaluation
Report Issued**
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
(ARCS) Review
Licenses Renewal Process &
Environmental Scoping Meetings
Environmental Review
Draft Supplement to
the GEIS Issued**
Environmental Audit
DSEIS Public
Meeting
Final Supplement to
the GEIS Issued
Hearings* NRC Decision on Application**
ACRS Letter Issued **
ACRS Review **
Opportunities for Public Interaction* If a Request for Hearing is Granted ** Available at www.nrc.gov
Credit: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.Graphic Adjustments; L. Landolfi
Nuclear Regulatory Commission License Renewal Process
Exelon Emergency Plan details the procedures designed to protect the public in event of a nuclear emergency.
Credit: Exelon Corporation
NIPP and Nuclear Sector-Specific Plan Risk Management Framework
Performance and safety enhancements of nuclear facilities lead up to a recent revival of the nuclear industry. The TMI Unit-1 license was renewed in 2009.
Credit: U.S. The Nuclear Reactors, Materials, and Waste Sector-Specific Plan, 2010
Emergency Planning for Three Mile Island Area
Credit: Exelon Corporation
TMI evacuation map detailing evacuation routes and reception centers.
Emergency Alert System
Credit: Exelon Corporation
List of EAS communication sources; radio and TV.