The Accident at Three Mile Island, March 28, 1979:  The worst nuclear power accident in US history never should have happened. It took systemic problems, design flaws and good old-fashioned human error to turn a minor mechanical function into an accident that could have wiped out the entire eastern seaboard of the United States. Although there is still an on-going debate about whether anyone died as a result of the accident, there was one confirmed fatality—The growth of the nuclear energy industry in the United StatesThe Report of the President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile IslandNRC Fact sheet on the Accident at Three Mile IslandThree Mile Island’s recent closure shows what people don’t realize about nuclear powerMeltdown at Three Mile Island--40 Years Later (video)What the Public Will Never Know About Three Mile Island (anti-nuke perspective)