Three Mile Island - The Meltdown Crisis and Nuclear Power in American Popular Culture

Three Mile Island explains the far-reaching consequences of the partial meltdown of Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island power plant on March 28, 1979. Though the disaster was ultimately contained, the fears it triggered had an immediate and lasting impact on public attitudes towards nuclear energy in the United States. In this volume, Grace Halden contextualizes the events at Three Mile Island and the ensuing media coverage, offering a gripping portrait of a nation coming to terms with technological advances that inspired both awe and terror. Including a selection of key primary documents, this book offers a fascinating resource for students of the history of science, technology, the environment, and Cold War culture.

List of contents

Preface: Nuclear Culture
Chapter One: Atoms for War: World War II and the Cultural History of Early Nuclear Development
Chapter Two: Atoms for Peace: Nuclear Power, and the Influence of the Long-1960s
Chapter Three: When Science and Society Collide: The Three Mile Island Accident in Human Context
Chapter Four: Nuclear Reactions: Three Mile Island in Popular Culture
Chapter Five: Fears and Fallout: Three Mile Island’s Legacy, Chernobyl, and Fukushima

About the author

Grace Halden is Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Summary

Three Mile Island explains the far-reaching consequences of the partial meltdown of Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island Power on March 28, 1979.

Product details

• Authors: Halden, Grace Halden, Grace (Birkbeck College Halden, Halden Grace
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.06.2017
• EAN: 9781138917644
• ISBN: 978-1-138-91764-4
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Critical Moments in American History; Critical Moments in American History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History, Pennsylvania, HISTORY / General, SCIENCE / History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Science, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Local History, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1970 to c 1979, Nuclear issues, Environmentalist thought and ideology, US Northeast: Mid-Atlantic States