Three miles island

Where is Three Mile Island located?

• Florida

• Pennsylvania

• California

• Texas

What is the nuclear reaction called that generates heat for a power plant?

• Chemical

• Organic

• Collision

• Fission

What is it that makes nuclear power potentially dangerous?

• Fossil fuels

• Smoke pollution

• Chemicals that are dumped in the river

• Radiation

Authorities believe that the accident at Three Mile Island had little effect on the environment.

• True

• False

Around how much of the electrical energy used in the United States is generated by nuclear power plants?

• 1%

• 5%

• 10%

• 20%

What is it called when a nuclear reactor core is damaged from overheating?

• Meltdown

• Crash

• Nuclear fallout

• Fission

What happened to cause the reactor to fail?

• A temperature sensor was broken

• It was bombed

• A valve was stuck open

• There was a nuclear explosion

Three Mile Island is considered the worst nuclear disaster in world history.

• True

• False

What happened as a result of the Three Mile Island accident?

• New regulations were put in place to make nuclear power safer

• Nuclear power was outlawed

• The construction of nuclear plants increased

• None of the above

When was the accident?

• March 28, 1979

• May 28, 1979

• March 28, 1978

• May 28, 1978