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What event caused many americans to worry about nuclear power?

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The Three Mile Island Accident which occured on 28th of March 1979, caused many Americans to worry about Nuclear Power.

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The Three Mile Island Accident which occurred at the Nuclear Generating Station, Londonderry Township, in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, near Harrisburg, as a result of partial meltdown of second reactor, causing subsequent radiation leak on March 28, 1979.

The accident was so massive that it was rated 5 out of 7 point International Nuclear Event scale, due to enormous casualties that it caused.

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The event that caused Americans to worry about nuclear power is the three mile island accident. In this incident, there was a partial meltdown of the power plants due to errors in the process. Although there were no major effect that happened in this incident, it increased the fear of the people especially in nuclear power plants.
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