Three Mile Island Unit 2 Incident

In March 1979, a nuclear accident occurred at the Three Mile Island Unit 2. The incident resulted in the first case of melted fuel in a full scale commerical nuclear power plant. The melted fuel causes thousands of people to get evacuated from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The incident was also considered a catalyst for the creation of yet another federal agency. The accident occurred when a small valve failed to close, causing cooling water to drain from the nuclear core. The core quickly began to overheat. Confronted by baffling and contradictory information, plant operators shut off the emergency water system that would have cooled the core. Operators were able to quickly contain the leak, avoiding a serious "meltdown".
Ironically, two weeks earlier, a motion picture called "china syndrome" was released; the movie's story was about the eventuality that an American nuclear plant melts down which would cause the core melt through the Earth until it reaches China. After the catastrophe, the U.S nuclear activity nearly ceased, giving way to extensive fossil fuel used and giving birth to the US dependency on oil.

Nearly thirty years later, environmentalist have started to worry about the active rebirth of nuclear activity in the country for several reasons. Some fear that excessive nuclear activity will create more health issues for residents. Others believe that nuclear energy is the answer because it would significantly reduce the burning of fossil fuels which is believe have a big reponsibility in global warming upsurge in the amount of extreme weather events, such as wildfires, heat waves, and strong tropical storms, is attributed in part to climate change by some experts and is constantly raising the issue of global warming.Between 1970 and 2004, global greenhouse gases significantly. Some environmentalists believe that global warming is a phenomenon due to human activities. They argue that no one has to be an environmentalist to know that those 70% constitute a massive jump in pollutants and a big problem for the effect it has on the planet’s natural temperature. They also believe that it is worse for carbon dioxide; its annual emissions grew by about 80 per cent between the same period. The also argue that our society releases too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere much faster than plants and oceans can absorb it. Therefore, they believe that nuclear energy is the answer to slow down global warming. I personally believe that nuclear energy could solve a lot of energy issues, if used properly and if in he right hands, because research has proven it to be clean, green, and safe. Over the years, global warming and nuclear energy has become a political issue, dividing political parties significantly. Such delicate issues are topics that are not often discussed in classrooms because they stir a lot of passion. In other settings, like healthcare departments, there is a certain way to address these issues because lobbying is not allowed in the Public Health system and professionals have to be careful not to cross the line of advocacy and lobbying.