Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Middletown yana da nisan mil 3 (kilomita 5) a arewacin Cibiyar Wutar Lantarki ta Three Mile Island. Rukunin mai aiki da wutar lantarki na #2 a tashar makamashin nukiliya ta Three Mile Island ya sha wahala a wani ɓangare a shekarar 1979
, wanda ya sa Gwamna Richard "Dick" Thornburgh ya ba da umarnin a kwashe mata masu juna biyu da yara masu zuwa makaranta daga yankin. A cikin 'yan kwanaki, mutane 140,000 suka bar yankin. Shugaba Jimmy Carter ya ziyarci Ginin Al'umma na Middletown don kwantar da hankalin mazauna da ke cikin damuwa.