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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Melt Down at Three Mile Island

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about what happened at Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Facility in March of 1979 with this PBS site. A teacher's guide is available.
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Other

Radford University: Environmental History Timeline: Sixties 1960 69

For Students 9th - 10th
Features an environmental history timeline for the 1960s highlighting legislation and key events. Created by Professor William (Bill) Kovarik, Ph.D. from Radford University.
Article
PBS

Frontline: Three Mile Island: The Judge's Ruling

For Students 9th - 10th
The background behind the nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island, and information about the lawsuit filed many years later by those affected by the nuclear accident.
Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Three Mile Island the Inside Story

For Students 9th - 10th
This Web site was created to provide more information about the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant; about the course of the accident there; about the steps?extending over almost 15 years?through which the nature and extent of the...
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from Wikipedia describes the nuclear accident on Three Mile Island and the aftermath. Article provides links to related material.
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Other

World Nuclear Association: Three Mile Island Accident

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about causes and effects of the meltdown that occurred at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in 1979. Learn about the layout of the plant and the changes that have been made so another meltdown will not occur.