Forty-five years ago, Pennsylvania suffered a historic tragedy when one of the nuclear reactors at Three Mile Island experienced a partial meltdown.
FILE - In this undated file photo, a Pennsylvania state police officer and plant security guards stand outside the closed front gate to the Metropolitan Edison nuclear power plant on Three Mile Island near Harrisburg, Pa., after the plant was shut down following a partial meltdown on March 28, 1979.
An issue with a pressure valve and a series of human errors led to radioactive steam pouring out of the plant resulting in days of high radiation levels. The accident forever changed the nuclear energy industry. According to a 1980 report by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, “plans to evacuate were made during the TMI accident." Residents have previously told WHP that they didn't know whether to stay or evacuate. This led to Middletown residents feeling scared, confused and ultimately resulted in a mistrust of officials.from the History Channel calls the official response to the Three Mile Island partial meltdown a “textbook example of what not to do during an emergency.
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