Three Mile Island A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective

Name: Three Mile Island A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective
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ISBN: 9780520246836

ISBN-10: 0520246837

ISBN-13: 9780520246836

Edition: 2005

Authors: J. Samuel Walker

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Twenty-five years ago, Hollywood released The China Syndrome, featuring Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas as a TVnews crew who witness what appears to be a serious accident at a nuclear power plant. In a spectacular coincidence, on March 28, 1979, less than two weeks after the movie came out, the worst accident in the history of commercial nuclear power in the United States occurred at Three Mile Island. For five days, the citizens of central Pennsylvania and the entire world, amid growing alarm, followed the efforts of authorities to prevent the crippled plant from spewing dangerous quantities of radiation into the environment. This book is the first comprehensive account of the causes,…

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List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 1/10/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 314
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

J. Samuel Walker, historian of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has published six other books on the history of American foreign policy and the history of nuclear energy.



List of Illustrations


Preface



The Nuclear Power Debate



The Regulation of Nuclear Power



Defense in Depth



Wednesday, March 28: "This Is the Biggie"



Thursday, March 29: "The Danger Is Over for People Off Site"



Friday, March 30: "Going to Hell in a Handbasket"



Saturday, March 31: "You're Causing a Panic!"



Sunday, April 1: "Look What We Have Done to These Fine People"



The Immediate Aftermath of the Accident



The Long-Term Effects of Three Mile Island


Notes


Essay on Sources