Three Mile Island
/ˌθriː maɪl ˈaɪlənd/
/ˌθriː maɪl ˈaɪlənd/
- a US island south of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where there was an accident in a nuclear power station on 28 March 1979. Some radiation got into the air, causing great fear among local people. This led to a lot of criticism of the national programme for producing nuclear power.
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