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March 28, 1979
Nuclear accident at Three Mile Island
At 4 a.m. on March 28, 1979, the worst accident in the history of the U.S. nuclear power industry begins when a pressure valve in the Unit-2... MORE >
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Nuclear energy is also released when the fission of a heavy nucleus such as U is induced by the absorption of a neutron as in 1 n + 235 U → 140 Cs + 93 Rb + 3 1 n + 200MeV 0 92 55 37 0 producing cesium-140, rubidium-93, . . .
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