Abstract
The recent mishap at the Three Mile Island nuclear power station near Harrisburg, Pa., was not quite the disaster that it has been painted. Nevertheless, it was of sufficient magnitude to call into serious question the way that nuclear power plants are built, licensed, and operated. An accident that killed no one, nor demonstrably injured anybody, has become the jumping off point for a virtually complete rethinking of U.S. nuclear power policy. Not only are the utility industry and reactor manufacturers in the spotlight, but the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is as well. The Carter Administration and the Department of Energy are also being attacked by nuclear power opponents for allegedly deceiving the public about the perceived dangers of nuclear power generation. The accident has bestowed renewed vigor on the antinuclear movement. Because of the Three Mile Island incident, NRC is beginning to reexamine the qualifications of those it licenses to build and operate nuclear power ...
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