(Control Room for Reactor 2 - Three Mile Island -1979) Day Two. The picture was not as rosy as originally planned. Radiation was continuing to leak
March 29, 2009

(Control Room for Reactor 2 - Three Mile Island -1979)

Day Two. The picture was not as rosy as originally planned. Radiation was continuing to leak into the atmosphere and things were a lot more serious than previously thought. Explanations were slow in coming. Original estimates were wrong and officials were hard pressed to put any positive spin on what was shaping up to being a major disaster.

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