Meltdown: Three Mile Island
2022
1 Season
6.9
Documentary
Insiders recount the events, controversies and lingering effects of the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania.
Episodes
E1May 4, 202244m
The Accident
In 1979, a plant malfunction causes confusion and a radiation leak. As fear spreads, so does suspicion that the authorities are concealing the truth.
E2May 4, 202244m
Women and Children First
Panic strikes the community as a full-blown catastrophe looms. Locals mobilize to confront the authorities and protest the nuclear power industry.
E3May 4, 202249m
The Whistleblower
During cleanup at the plant, insiders claim that cost-cutting measures and intimidation tactics create a danger far worse than the accident itself.
E4May 4, 202242m
Fallout
Despite disturbing revelations of wrongdoing at Three Mile Island before and after the accident, the utility fights to bring the plant back online.
