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Because the power plants were built on an island named Three Mile Island.

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The Three Mile Island nuclear plant is located in?

Pennsylvania


Where was the Pennsylvania nuclear plant accident site?

Three Mile Island.


Where and when did the nuclear meltdown at three mile island happen?

The Three Mile Island accident was a nuclear meltdown which occurred at the Three Mile Island power plant in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States on March 28, 1979.


What was the worst nuclear power plant accident in US history?

Three Mile Island, Pa, 1979


What river is three mile island on?

Three Mile Island is in the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. The nuclear power plant is about 12 miles southeast of the center of the city of Harrisburg.


Where did a nuclear reactor explode in 1986?

It didn't explode. Three Mile Island's Nuclear Power Plant in Pennsylvania experienced an almost complete meltdown.


Did a nuclear plant ever exploded in the US?

No, but the reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania had a near melt-down. Nuclear plants don't explore. They have meltdowns.


Where is the Location of 1979 nuclear accident in the US take place?

Three Mile Island The accident at the Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) nuclear power plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania occurred on March 28, 1979.


What was the name of the event in which a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania nearly meltdown?

Umm... I think it was the Three Mile Island accident


Which nuclear power plant in the US was condemned?

Due to an accident that began at 4 a.m. on Wednesday, March 28, 1979, Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant was Condemned and permanently shut down.


Where did the name three mile island come from?

I think it is just the name of the river island where the plant is located, and was called that long before nuclear power was developed, but who named it I don't know, you would have to ask the local history group if there is one.


What 1970s incident revived the anti-nuclear movement?

You are probably thinking of the Three Mile Island plant reactor melt down in 1979