The plant cost 700 million to make, operated for less than 90 days, and will cost 1 billion to clear up (it’s still being cleared up today). The accident was the partial meltdown of an atomic reactor in March 1979, marking the most significant accident in U.S. They fear for their lives, their futures, and their grandchildren’s futures. The traumatic stories of people fleeing and hearing/seeing the explosion must have been terrifying. The residents of this community really were misled and mis-sold information, and as a collective, I am glad they have been able to share the stories of their experiences of what happened.
NUCLEAR POWER PLANT MELTDOWN PA SERIES
The series uses old footage, cartoons, and reenactments mixed with modern interviews with Middletown Residents from the time. The most compelling part is Rick Parks’ involvement, sacrifice, and strife. The residents are passionate, emotional, and still affected by the incident today. Through the episodes we learn how scare stories were created in the news, causing mass hysteria amongst the community, and how the locals felt they were treated throughout the years. In the first episode we’re shown the excitement about nuclear power plants, because of the jobs it was creating, boosting the industry, and how it was going to positively build their economy. Each episode examines the missteps that led to the national cover-up. This four-part series is gripping from the start. We’re all familiar with what happened in Chernobyl, but little has been told about this striking event in the USA. After keeping information from the media, Academy Award-nominated director Kief Davidson ( The Ivory Game ) has collaborated with Erin Brockovich producers Michael and Carla Shamberg and Moxie Pictures to tell the true story of this event.
Netflix has released a documentary series about the accident that occurred at Three Mile Island in 1979, which is the worst nuclear accident to ever happen on American soil.
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