On March 28, 1979 Unit 2 of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant in the United States of America an incident would lead to a partial reactor core meltdown. Many blamed the operators for stopping the reactor cooling system but the real root causes showed a known flaw in the design and alarm flooding had blinded the operators to what was actually happening.With John Chidgey.Related episodes:

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Three Mile Island accident
Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station
Nuclear Regulator Commission renews Three Mile Island Unit 1s License
Nuclear accident and recovery at Three Mile Island
Three Mile Island Accident
Measuring Radiation
Three Mile Island Engineering Report
Three Mile Island Accident Health Effects
Facts and Information About Radiation Exposure

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