Kammala wannan jumlar: Middletown tana da nisan mil 3 (kilomita 5) a arewacin Gidan Wutar Lantarki na Nukiliya na Three Mile Island. Rukunin mai aiki da wutar lantarki na #2 a Cibiyar Wutar Lantarki ta Three Mile Island ta sha wahala
wani bangare na narkewa a shekarar 1979, wanda ya sa Gwamna Richard "Dick" Thornburgh ya ba da umarnin 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.