Three Mile Island accident
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The Three Mile Island accident was a partial nuclear meltdown of the Unit 2 reactor of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, located on the Susquehanna River in Londonderry Township, Dauph
Three Mile Island nuclear facility, c. 1979
Three Mile Island in background behind Harrisburg International Airport, a few weeks after the accident
A clean-up crew working to remove radioactive contamination at Three Mile Island
After the accident, Three Mile Island used only one nuclear generating station, TMI-1, which is on the right. TMI-2, to the left, has not been used since the accident.
Radioactive contamination
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Radioactive contamination, also called radiological pollution, is the deposition of, or presence of radioactive substances on surfaces or within solids, liquids, or gases, where their presence is unin
The Hanford site represents two-thirds of the United States' high-level radioactive waste by volume. Nuclear reactors line the riverbank at the Hanford Site along the Columbia River in January 1960.
As of 2013, the Fukushima nuclear disaster site remains highly radioactive, with some 160,000 evacuees still living in temporary housing, and some land will be unfarmable for centuries. The difficult cleanup job will take 40 or more years, and cost tens of billions of dollars.[needs update]
Large industrial glovebox in the nuclear industry
Geiger-Muller counters being used as gamma survey monitors, seeking radioactive satellite debris