Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 28 ga Maris, 1979, gazawar kayan aiki da kuskuren mai aiki ya ba da gudummawa ga asarar mai sanyaya da kuma narkewar ɓangaren tsakiya na rukunin ruwa mai matsin lamba na 2 a Cibiyar Wutar Lantarki ta Three Mile Island
a cikin Pennsylvania. Matsayi da rikitarwa na wannan hadarin reactor ya zama bayyananne a cikin kwanaki biyar, yayin da hukumomi da yawa a matakin gida, na jihohi da na tarayya suka yi kokarin magance matsalar da yanke shawara ko hadarin da ke gudana ya buƙaci ƙauracewar gaggawa, kuma zuwa wane mataki.