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Title: Accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear powerplant. Oversight hearings before the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session

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OSTI ID:5336265

A congressional hearing was held May 21, 1979, by the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment of the Committee on the Interior and Insular Affairs to examine issues associated with the accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Powerplant. Issues examined include design error in plant features, equipment malfunctions, procedural errors, and operator errors. In addition, the subcommittee conducted an inquiry into the status and the future role of nuclear power in America.

OSTI ID:
5336265
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English