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Pbs Learning Media: Environmental Public Health: Three Mile Island Cooling Towers Instructional VideoPbs Learning Media: Environmental Public Health: Three Mile Island Cooling Towers Instructional Video
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PBS
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Grade
9th - 10th
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Instructional Videos
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Pbs Learning Media: Environmental Public Health: Three Mile Island Cooling Towers

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In this Building Block video from Frontline: Nuclear Reaction, the four cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant dot the horizon at sunrise. Smoke billows from the two towers on the left. The Susquehanna River lies in the foreground. [0:26]

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nuclear energy

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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