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Published: 13.04.2003.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Three Mile Island Accident(Nuclear Fission)', 1.
  • Essays 'Three Mile Island Accident(Nuclear Fission)', 2.
Extract

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 catastrophe was prevented.
Inside Three Mile Island, a process called nuclear fission is a work. This is but one of two nuclear…

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