March 28, 1979​: ​​​Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident

The worst nuclear power plant accident in U.S. history happened 40 years ago, when a series of mishaps caused the release of radiation from a reactor at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island facility. Here is the original story, as reported on the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite.

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