Three Mile Island: The Meltdown Crisis and Nuclear Power in American Culture
- ISBN-10
- 1138917648
- ISBN-13
- 9781138917644
- Series
- Three Mile Island
- Category
- Nuclear engineering
- Pages
- 252
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Grace Halden
Description
Three Mile Island explains the far-reaching consequences of the partial meltdown of Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island Power Plant on March 28, 1979. Though the disaster was ultimately contained, the fears it triggered had an immediate and lasting impact on public attitudes towards nuclear energy in the United States. In this volume, Grace Halden contextualizes the events at Three Mile Island and the ensuing media coverage, offering a gripping portrait of a nation coming to terms with technological advances that inspired both awe and terror. Including a selection of key primary documents, this book offers a fascinating resource for students of the history of science, technology, the environment, and Cold War culture.
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