Throughline on NPR - Will We Go Back in Time?

Throughline: Will we go back in time? To understand the present. In 1979, after an accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, would the plant explode when was it safe to go out? How much radiation was released? Could you get sick from the water? Many people harbor strong fears about nuclear energy. But what this story is about is how nuclear technology morph from a weapon of war to a thriving private industry.