accident happened. more than three decades later unit one still open, and the company operating it says it provides electricity to 800 homes. >> deb, a professional nurse, says she was comfortable raising her children in the shadows of three-mile island's nuclear reactors. >> i look out the windows and see the refactprs every morning. it's just a way of life. i still hear the jokes for people, but this is where we live. >> fulmer was among tens of thousands of people in the immediate area who evacuated after then pennsylvania governor richard thornberg ordered an evacuation of pregnant women and preschool children. thornburg says at the time he was getting faulty information that added to the panic. >> it becomes very frustrating because you have to rely on the experts to tell you what's going on. often times the experts don't know themselves. >> reporter: five days after the nuclear accident, thornburgh