American Experience
American Experience
Meltdown at Three Mile Island #S11E06
Meltdown at Three Mile Island
American Experience · Season 11, Episode 6
At 4:00am on March 28, 1979, a reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear power facility near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania suddenly overheated, releasing radioactive gasses. During the ensuing tension-packed week, scientists scrambled to prevent the nightmare of a meltdown, officials rushed in to calm public fears, and thousands of residents fled to emergency shelters. Equipment failure, human error, and bad luck would conspire to create America's worst nuclear accident.
Episode 6 of Season 11 from American Experience — available to stream in HD on any device.
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