CSPAN3 Three Mile Island 40th Anniversary - Part 2 July 14, 2024
Contamination of workers, but a safety group said radiation inside the plant is at eight times the deadly level. So strong, after passing through a 3foot thick concrete wall, it can be measured a mile away. Gary shepherd reports from harrisburg. Reporter the accident occurred here at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant a dozen miles south of harrisburg. About 4 00 this morning, two water pumps that help cool reactor number two shut down. Officials say some 50 to 60,000 gallons of radioactive water escaped into the reactor building. And that the radioactivity penetrated the plants walls. ...