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- A NUCLEAR ANNIVERSARY. Stein, Lisa // U.S. News & World Report;4/5/2004, Vol. 136 Issue 11, p14
Reports on the 30th anniversary of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident. First-hand account of the day of the accident by Ed Costik, a lumberyard owner in Middletown, Pennsylvania; Description of the plant today; Speculation about whether an accident could occur again.
- Intra-Industry Effects of the Accident at Three Mile Island. Bowen, Robert M.; Castanias, Richard P.; Daley, Lane A. // Journal of Financial & Quantitative Analysis;Mar1983, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p87
This paper explores the possibility that there were intra-industry impacts that resulted from the nuclear accident that occurred at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant. The authors investigate what impact this event had on the returns for privately owned electric utilities. The authors'...
- Pills. // New Yorker;1/28/1980, Vol. 55 Issue 50, p26
The article reports on the proposal of Physicist Leonard Solon, director of the Bureau for Radiation Control of New York City's health department, to stockpile and distribute potassium iodide pills across the city. According to Solon, the move is necessary to avoid health risk facing the city's...
- Nuclear Industry Is Stirring For a New Fight. // ENR: Engineering News-Record;4/12/2004, Vol. 252 Issue 15, p48
The nuclear power industry is rousing from its long slumber and starting the long, tedious and expensive process of getting a new nuclear powerplant under construction by 2010. The world has changed dramatically since that industry fell into its deep sleep after the nuclear accidents at Three...
- LIVING WITH RADIATION. Motavalli, Jim // E: The Environmental Magazine;Jul/Aug2007, Vol. 18 Issue 4, p35
The article discusses nuclear accidents in Chernobyl, Ukraine, and the dangers of radiation due to nuclear exposure. It is reported that there were 60,000 people living in the villages and towns around Chernobyl. The apartment towers were evacuated the day after the explosion, which was...
- 1970-1980 THE LOSS OF INNOCENCE: 1979 THREE MILE ISLAND ACCIDENT. Baron, Robert C.; Scinta, Samuel // Millennium 2000 -- 20th Century America: Key Events in History;1996, p106
This article deals with the Three Mile Island nuclear site incident in Pennsylvania in 1979. In 1946, two years after the first atomic bombs had been used over Japan, the Atomic Energy Commission was formed to oversee the development of nuclear technology. Because the amount of nuclear material...
- News Media Coverage of Issues During the Accident at Three-Mile Island. Stephens, Mitchell; Edison, Nadyne G. // Journalism Quarterly;Summer82, Vol. 59 Issue 2, p199
Focuses on the news media coverage of issues during the accident at the Three-Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania. Question of the safety of nuclear energy; Attempt of researchers to measure the fairness of news media coverage by asking selected groups to rate the coverage; Efforts of...
- Where Was Anita During The Meltdown? Shapiro, Lynne // Lesbian Tide;May/Jun79, Vol. 8 Issue 6, p8
This article discusses issues related to the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in Pennsylvania. There was a lack of information given by the United States government regarding the incident. The lack of action taken by conservative groups in helping immediate victims of the nuclear accident.
- Is This What They Want? I. What did happen? What have we learned? Copuls, Molton R. // National Review;5/11/1979, Vol. 31 Issue 19, p608
The article assesses the effectiveness by which various sectors have handled the nuclear power plant crisis at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania. According to the author, communication during the initial stages of the emergency was poor. Moreover, the author alleges that the utility was not...
