Investigation into the March 28, 1979, Three Mile Island Accident
Report
By: Office of Inspection and Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Date: 1979
Source: Office of Inspection and Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Investigation into the March 28, 1979, Three Mile Island Accident. Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1979.
About the Organization: In 1974, Congress created the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to oversee the safety of U.S. nuclear power plants. It licenses the construction of new plants and oversees the use, processing and disposal of nuclear waste. Commissioners serve by presidential appointment.
Introduction
In 1831, British physicist Michael Faraday discovered that he could generate an electric current by spinning a coil of copper wire between the north and south poles of a magnet. Utilities could generate electricity on a large scale by spinning a turbine, the equivalent of spinning a...
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