nuclear accident
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MIDDLETOWN, Pa.—Forty-six years have passed since America’s worst nuclear accident, at Three Mile Island, jolted the country and created skepticism of nuclear energy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025
"Neither side would benefit from a nuclear accident, and I am in constant contact with them to enable the rapid restoration of the connection," Grossi has said.
From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025
The movie’s theatrical release occurred less than two weeks before the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025
A French plan to develop the site was initially stymied by the slump in world uranium demand after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan.
From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025
If they’re released during a nuclear accident, the same neutrons that ping around inside the nuclear reactor breaking apart uranium atoms can careen through a worker’s body.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
