Meltdown at 3 mile island.

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It was never supposed to happen.At 4:00 AM on March 28 1979 a reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear power facility near Harrisburg Pennsylvania suddenly overheated. A pressure valve suddenly malfunctioned releasing radioactive gases.What occurred next--a combination of technical failure human error and bad luck--would result in the worst nuclear accident in American history. For five nerve-wracking days engineers struggled to control a runaway reactor government officials debated whether to evacuate the area and residents contemplated the ultimate horror of a nuclear meltdown.Meltdown at Three Mile Island carefully re-examines step-by-step this national disaster which still haunts many Americans and which dealt a crippling blow to the nations nuclear power industry. Meltdown at Three Mile Island is produced by Chana Gazit (Surviving the Dust Bowl and Chicago 1968) and David Steward and narrated by Liev Schreiber

Interesting doc from Frontline. if you want to watch HERE
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...4385148367265#