TMI History
Three Mile Island: The People’s Testament by Aileen Mioko Smith, 1989
Submitted by webEditor on Tue, 02/17/2009 - 18:31This is an excellent article written by Aileen Mioko Smith
for the 10th anniversary of the Three Mile Island Accident in 1989. The author interviewed residents who lived near
Three Mile Island at the time of the accident and chronicled their stories and experiences, which are stil denied by
government and nuclear industry officials.
Aileen is executive director of Green Action, a Japanese environmental NGO based in Kyoto, Japan.
She was nominated for the National Book Award (USA) in 1976 for the book "Minamata," co-authored with W. Eugene Smith.
(Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975.)
A Chronology of Incidents at TMI Unit-2: 1979-2003
Submitted by TMIA on Mon, 01/12/2009 - 13:481979
March 28, 1979, 4:00 a.m. - Beginning of the Three Mile Island (TMI) Unit-2 loss-of-coolant, core melt accident. The plant came within 30 minutes of a full meltdown. The reactor vessel was destroyed, and large amounts of unmonitored radiation was released directly into the community.
March 28, 1979, 4:30 p.m. - Press conference of Lt. Governor William Scranton:
GLOSSARY of TERMS AND ACRONYMS
Submitted by webEditor on Mon, 07/20/2009 - 14:50The following list of terms and acronyms may facilitate your reading of the events that have taken place at nuclear power plants on the Susquehanna River and elsewhere.
Three Mile Island and the Vigilant Professor
Submitted by webEditor on Mon, 04/27/2009 - 22:55By Russell Dupree
Three Mile Island and the Vigilant Professor
Thirty years ago, April 1, 1979, on the rooftop of a building at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, a nuclear radiation recording device went from being relatively quiescent to rapidly recording extremely high levels of beta radiation, 100 times the normal background levels.
The equipment had been set up by USM physics professor Charles Armentrout a few days earlier as a teaching project for his students to see if any fission products from the Three Mile Island power plant accident could be detected in Maine. It was a rainy Sunday, five days after the partial meltdown at the power plant just southeast of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
What's Wrong With the NRC Fact Sheet on the 1979 Accident?
Submitted by webEditor on Wed, 03/04/2009 - 14:21
Re-published by Three Mile Island Alert - February 2009
Originally published March 2004
Because the Nuclear Regulatory Commission continues to publicize false
information about the TMI accident, we correct the record once again. The
NRC’s erroneous statements are listed in the red text which follows.
“The main feedwater pumps stopped running, caused by either a mechanical
or electrical failure, which prevented the steam generators from removing
heat.”
Siren Problems at Nuclear Power Plants: A History
Submitted by webEditor on Mon, 02/23/2009 - 15:41To view a collected history of problems with sirens at nuclear power plants, open pdf.
30 years later: Do nuclear plants operate more safely?
Submitted by webEditor on Mon, 02/16/2009 - 12:24February 13, 2009 12:47 pm
The most serious accident in US commercial nuclear power history: people vs. government
By Nicole Back - Staff Writer
After three decades, the debate continues. 
A crowd gathers near TMI after the 1979 accident. Many residents were demanding information.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission stands by its claim that the most serious accident in US commercial nuclear power history did not cause any physical harm to those who were directly affected.
Hundreds of people lived near Three Mile Island when equipment malfunctions, design related problems and worker errors led to the partial meltdown of the TMI-2 reactor core. Residents insist the US government is lying about what really happened to them.
Chronology of Incidents at TMI Unit 1: 2004-2008
Submitted by webEditor on Fri, 02/13/2009 - 23:19Below is a chronological account of safety incidents at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant Unit 1 reactor on the Susquehanna River.
A Corporate History of Three Mile Island
Submitted by webEditor on Tue, 01/27/2009 - 19:08
Three Mile Island-1 (TMI-1) came on line in September 1974 at a cost of $400 million. Legal intervention was conducted by the Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power (ECNP) based in State College.
Legal History of Three Mile Island
Submitted by TMIA on Mon, 01/12/2009 - 16:07Three Mile Island-1 (TMI-1) , came on line in September 1974 at a cost of $400 million. Legal intervention was conducted by the Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power (ECNP) based in State College.
