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What are the similarities between Three Mile Island and Chernobyl?

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Three mile 2 was an accident of a completely different type from Chernobyl. Unlike Chernobyl, TMIS 2s reactor vessel did not fail and contain almost all of the radioactive material. Containment at TMIS didn't fail

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