Submitted September 5, 2007, 10:43 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 remember being kept inside my elementary school. Our teacher told us we had to keep all the doors and windows closed. The prinicipal was making announcements to the teachers as to what to do and keeping us posted. I know we were kept at school later that day and I knew all I wanted to do was go home to my mom because I was scared.
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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 lived in Lititz, Pa right out side of Lacaster, Pa
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What did you think of the responses of the government, the industry and the press to the accident?
Hadn't really thought about it until recently when many people I know have started with health problems.
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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 have very real concerns that it had a greater affect on our enivronment then we thought or were lead to believe. My mother and I both were diagnosied with thyroid cancer 1 year ago. I was only 35. Young for thyroid cancer. We were both diagnosied with the same rare, but aggressive form, but not the hereditary form. My sister-in-laws's mother was diagnosied this year with thyroid cancer as well as 4 other people in her church.
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Do you have any further thoughts or reflections about Three Mile Island?
I think this needs to be looked into. Stop talking about the mortality rate and there not being an increase. Talk about all the diagnosises. Thyroid cancer is easily treatable and ususally is not fatal. Just record incidence, not fatalities. I feel we would definitely see what affect it had.
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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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