[DOC] [TLE] NRC: Backgrounder on the Three Mile Island Accident [PAR] This was the most serious accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant ... A 
combination of equipment malfunctions, design-related problems and worker 
errors led to TMI-2's partial meltdown and very small off-site releases of 
radioactivity. ... 4 a.m. on Wednesday, March 28, 1979, when the plant 
experienced a failure in... [DOC] [TLE] Three Mile Island accident - Wikipedia [PAR] The Three Mile Island accident was a partial nuclear meltdown that occurred on 
March 28, 1979, in reactor number 2 of Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating 
Station (TMI-2) in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was the most 
significant accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant .... About 130 minutes 
after the first malfunction, the top of the reactor core was... [DOC] [TLE] Nuclear reactor accidents in the United States - Wikipedia [PAR] The United States Government Accountability Office reported more than 150 
incidents from ... The most serious of these was the Three Mile Island accident in 
1979. ... On March 28, 1979, equipment failures and operator error contributed to 
loss of ... water reactor at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant in 
Pennsylvania. [DOC] [TLE] Three Mile Island Accident. - World Nuclear Association [PAR] Three Mile Island: In 1979 at Three Mile Island in USA a cooling malfunction ... 
The Three Mile Island power station is near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in USA. ... 
The accident to unit 2 happened at 4 am on 28 March 1979 when the reactor was 
.... The drama of the TMI-2 accident-induced fear, stress and confusion on those... [DOC] [TLE] Nuclear Fear Directions: Read the Background and Documents ... [PAR] Background: At 4:00am on Wednesday March 28, 1979, the nuclear power plant 
at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania experienced a failure in one of its reactors. 
... homes for fear that the reactor would meltdown and cause a massive 
environmental disaster. ... has raised serious concerns about the safety of 
nuclear power. [DOC] [TLE] Three Mile Island nuclear power plant | Old Farmer's Almanac [PAR] Wednesday, March 28, 1979: Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in 
southeastern PA seriously malfunctioned, raising fears of a meltdown of the 
reactor's core... [DOC] [TLE] What have we learned from Three Mile Island - www-bcf.usc.edu... [PAR] The Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania and the Chernobyl accident in 
Belarus ... Today the number of nuclear power plants is growing all over the 
world. ... Future Chernobly(s) will not happen if we begin to take safety issue 
seriously ...... from the incident at Three-Mile Island which occurred on March 28, 
1979. [DOC] [TLE] American Experience . Meltdown at Three Mile Island . The Film - PBS [PAR] For them, Wednesday, March 28, 1979 began like any other day. ... But unknown 
to the plant operators, it malfunctioned and failed to close. .... As word of the 
accident slowly leaked to the outside world, the Governor of Pennsylvania, Dick 
Thornburgh, ... The minute I heard that there had been an accident at a nuclear 
facility,... [DOC] [TLE] Investigation: Revelations about Three Mile Island disaster raise ... [PAR] Apr 2, 2009 ... It was the single worst disaster ever to befall the U.S. nuclear power ... He worked 
for a time at the Peach Bottom nuclear plant south of Three Mile Island in 
Pennsylvania's ..... "significantly reduced the overall risks of a future serious 
accident. ... TMI-2 suffered a partial meltdown on March 28, 1979 and is no... [DOC] [TLE] Nuclear accident at Three Mile Island - Mar 28, 1979 - HISTORY.com [PAR] At 4 a.m. on March 28, 1979, the worst accident in the history of the U.S. nuclear 
power ... The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant was built in 1974 on a ... In 
the meltdown scenario, the core melts, and deadly radiation drifts across the .... at 
the Three Mile Island plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on this day in 1979,... [DOC] [TLE] Control room unit#2 durning accident | Three Mile Island accident ... [PAR] Three Mile Island Accident near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania .... technical 
malfunctions and human error --

Question: Raising fears of a meltdown, this Pennsylvania nuclear facility seriously malfunctioned March 28, 1979
Answer: Three Mile Island