Submitted January 12, 2006, 3:08 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 don't remember it as I was only two years old at the time. I grew up in the area though and it was always something that my family talked about. It was something that you feared would happen again.
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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?
My mother tells me that we left within a day of the incident and went up to State College/Bellefonte area and came back after a week. We lived in York and visited my Grandmother almost daily in Etters.
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What did you think of the responses of the government, the industry and the press to the accident?
I think there should still be some studies going on about the after effects. From what I have read so far, not much has been studied.
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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 had Hurthle Cell Carcinoma. One day I couldn't swallow very well, a week later I found a lump in my throat. Within a month I had the left side of my thyroid removed and they found the cancer. I had the right side removed as well to decrease my risk of recurrence.
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Do you have any further thoughts or reflections about Three Mile Island?
I want to know if others my age are sick and/or dying. I moved away, though not too far, but lost contact with everyone my age from that area.
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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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