{"product_id":"three-mile-island-a-nuclear-crisis-in-historical-perspective","title":"Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwenty-five years ago  Hollywood released The China Syndrome  featuring Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas as a TVnews crew who witness what appears to be a serious accident at a nuclear power plant. In a spectacular coincidence  on March 28  1979  less than two weeks after the movie came out  the worst accident in the history of commercial nuclear power in the United States occurred at Three Mile Island. For five days  the citizens of central Pennsylvania and the entire world  amid growing alarm  followed the efforts of authorities to prevent the crippled plant from spewing dangerous quantities of radiation into the environment. This book is the first comprehensive account of the causes  context  and consequences of the Three Mile Island crisis. In gripping prose  J. Samuel Walker captures the high human drama surrounding the accident  sets it in the context of the heated debate over nuclear power in the seventies  and analyzes the social  technical  and political issues it raised. His superb account of those frightening and confusing days will clear up misconceptions held to this day about Three Mile Island.  The heart of Walkers suspenseful narrative is a moment-by-moment account of the accident itself  in which he brings to life the players who dealt with the emergency: the Nuclear Regulatory Commission  the state of Pennsylvania  the White House  and a cast of scientists and reporters. He also looks at the aftermath of the accident on the surrounding area  including studies of its long-term health effects on the population  providing a fascinating window onto the politics of nuclear power and an authoritative account of a critical event in recent American history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44984628215861,"sku":"ByrdShop_0520239407","price":28.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780520239401.jpg?v=1770839817","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/three-mile-island-a-nuclear-crisis-in-historical-perspective","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}