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Meltdown (2020)

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Nuclear Power and the Three Mile Island Accident

Natasha Zarecki: People in Three Mile Island protested the reopening of the nuclear plant. She says they still didn't identify with the broader anti-nuclear movement. Public support for nuclear energy fell from an all-time high to 46% in 1979, she says. "The cooling towers became kind of iconic and became such an ominous symbol"

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