THREE MILE ISLAND
Mile Island in Pennsylvania (1979), Chernobyl in Ukraine (1986) and Fukushima in Japan (2011). Few events in human history have generated such disproportionate reactions. The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant consists of two reactors, both capable of generating more than 800 megawatts of electricity.
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