Submitted December 6, 2005, 2:48 PM
What do you remember about the accident at Three Mile Island? How did you hear about what happened at the plant? What was your reaction?
I was 12 years old at the time I remember the newspaper showing the graph of how far the radiation would spread. and typical of my family I was assured there was nothing to worry about.
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If you were a resident living close-by the plant, please describe your experiences. If you had preschool children or were pregnant at the time, did you follow the evacuation advisory? Did you flee the area?
I remember my parents discussing it, we lived about an hour away from the plant. but we stayed
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What did you think of the responses of the government, the industry and the press to the accident?
I think we are still not being told the whole truth
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What are your reflections about the Three Mile Island accident more than two decades later? If you live or lived in the area, what longterm effects did TMI have on your family and community? Did the accident affect your opinion about nuclear power and other technologies?
I recently went back to my home town and I am shocked at all the cancer showing up in friends and family.
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Do you have any further thoughts or reflections about Three Mile Island?
It is more than a coinsidence that so many people have cancer.
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In addition to saving your story to the archive, may we post it to the web? (yes/no)
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