Cika wannan jumla: A cewar wasu masu sharhi, 1979
hatsarin da ya faru a Three Mile Island ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen rage yawan sabbin gine-ginen masana'antu a wasu ƙasashe da yawa. A cewar Hukumar Kula da Makaman Nukiliya (NRC), haɗarin da ya faru a tsibirin Three Mile shi ne mafi muni a "tarihin cibiyar sarrafa makamashin nukiliya ta Amurka, ko da yake ba a kashe ko kuma ji wa ma'aikatan cibiyar ko kuma mutanen da ke kusa da ita rauni ba". Rashin tabbas da jinkiri na ƙarshe ya haifar da hauhawar bashin da ya shafi gini wanda ya haifar da fatarar babban mai amfani da Seabrook, Kamfanin Sabis na Jama'a na New Hampshire. A lokacin, shi ne karo na hudu mafi girma a cikin tarihin kamfanonin Amurka.