Just twelve miles from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a nuclear plant by the name of Three Mile Island became unstable. It was March 28, 1979. It was only 4 o'clock in the morning when the small malfunction occurred. What only started as a small error soon developed into problem of much publicity. There were many details that went into the accident, including nuclear chemistry. Many things were involved in the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island, but in the end …
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…agreeable (Raso, 5). Americans have become more pessimistic towards this power source near their homes. But because of Three Mile Island, people are now at work on building safer and much more dependable facilities. The mistakes of Three Mile Island brought about a wisdom that will help in the field of nuclear power for years to come. And as time progresses, our fear of the possible risks will no longer outweigh our trust on nuclear dependability.