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516. Nuclear Power Isn’t Perfect. Is It Good Enough?

Freakonomics Radio

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The Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Disaster

We chose the nuclear backdrop because it's a thriller. 12 days later, one of the reactors at the three mile island nuclear generating station in pennsylvania melted down. Radiation in the area around the plant increased only by a small amount. But the timing of the accident and the film conspired to make nuclear power seem terrifying. Craig mazon: As a child of the seventies and eighties, the spectre of nuclear blank was very intimidating and very frightening.

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