Milestones: March 28, 2024
NUCLEAR ACCIDENT— THE THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, BUILT IN 1974 NEAR HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, SUFFERED ONE OF THE NATION’S WORST ACCIDENTS OF THE INDUSTRY WHEN, AT 4 A.M. on March 28, 1979, a pressure valve in the Unit 2 Reactor failed to close …