Susie Derkins

The Meltdown at Three Mile Island Susie Derkins

Relive the harrowing day of March 27, 1979, when America teetered on the brink of the worst nuclear disaster in history. Set against the backdrop of a prolonged economic recession, a crippling energy crisis, and America's growing reliance on an abundant, relatively cheap, though potentially dangerous source of energy--nuclear power--the story of the partial meltdown that occurred at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is told in gripping narrative fashion.