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dec 25, 1978 - Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident

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In Pennsylvania, a cooling malfunction caused part of the core to melt in a reactor, which caused radioactive gas to be released a few days later.

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dec 25, 1978
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~ 47 years ago

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