As far as we know at this hour, no worse than that. A Government Official said that a breakdown in an atomic power plant in pennsylvania today is probably the worst Nuclear Reactor accident to date. There was no apparent serious con ttamination of workers, but safety group said radiation inside the plant is at eight times the deadly level. So strong, after passing through a 3foot thick concrete wall, it can be measured a mile away. Gary shepherd reports from harrisburg. Reporter the accident occurred here at the three Mile Island Nuclear power atlanta a dozen miles south of harrisburg. About 4 00 this morning, two water pumps that help cool reactor number two shut down. Officials say some 50 to 60,000 gallons of radioactive water escaped into the reactor building. And that the radioactivitity y y penetrated the walls. Steam escaped into the atmosphere, and radiation was detected as far as a mile away. At least 50 workers and perhaps twice that number were at the plant when the accident
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