Three Mile Island: What really happened?

March 28 will mark 35 years since the partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear power plant near Harrisburg, PA. Beyond Nuclear has prepared a special edition of our newsletter, The Thunderbird, focused entirely on examining the truth about the TMI disaster. View and download it here.

In it we debunk the myth that "no one died" and look at how much radiation really got out; the health effects; the fiasco of evacuation; and the parallels between the TMI, Chernobyl and Fukushima catastrophes.

We would like to make The Thunderbird widely available to our allies and colleagues in the field who are so often confronted with these frequently repeated myths. But we need $3,000 to cover the production costs.

Won't you please help us permanently silence the lies about TMI by making a donation today?

If you wish to donate to The Thunderbird online, please choose 'Thunderbird' in the pulldown menu after clicking the Donate button on our website. If you would rather mail your contribution, please send it to: Beyond Nuclear, 6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite 400, Takoma Park, MD 20912 and write "TMI" on the subject line of your check. If you would like to order copies, the cost is $1 each, covering printing and postage. We print on recycled paper. And see our special web page,TMI Truth with links to longer backgrounders.