Waxad ku sii qortaa faqradan - Middletown waxay ku taalaa 3 mayl (5 km) waqooyiga Xarunta Tamarta Nukliyeerka ee Jasiiradda Three Mile. Qaybta 2aad ee warshadda tamarta nukliyeerka ee Three Mile Island ayaa qayb ahaan burburtay 1979kii
, taasoo keentay in Guddoomiyihii xilligaas Richard "Dick" Thornburgh uu amar ku bixiyo in laga daadgureeyo haweenka uurka leh iyo carruurta ka horeysa dugsiga. Maalmo gudahood, 140,000 oo qof ayaa ka soo cararay deegaanka. Madaxweyne Jimmy Carter wuxuu booqday dhismaha bulshada ee Middletown si uu u dejiyo dareemayaasha dadka degan ee walwalsan.