We All Live on Three Mile Island: The Case Against Nuclear Power
- ISBN-10
- 0909196117
- ISBN-13
- 9780909196110
- Category
- Nuclear energy
- Pages
- 159
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1981
- Publisher
- Resistance Books
- Author
- Greg Adamson
Description
One 26 - year - old farmer who actually saw the explosion commented , “ Maybe the reason they built these things in Arkansas is because they thought that we were all a bunch of dumb hicks . ” Despite hopes by the nuclear industry ...
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