2, at the facility in dolphin county, pooh. It occurred 40 years ago. The incident rated a 5 on the 7 Point International Nuclear Event scale. Heres how ed bradley of cbs news covered it. This time no evacuation. Please stay inside. Middletown at this time is evacuation. Please stay indoors with your windows closed. This is not a community that scares easily. Major floods and hurricane agnes have come here and the town has survived. But for almost a week last month, the people of middletown, pennsylvania, lived in fear of an enemy they couldnt see, hear, or feel. Cbs news, of course that fear was radiation following the partial meltdown at tmi, the Nuclear Generating station considered the most Serious Nuclear power accident in the history of the u. S. For the next 90 minutes, well look back at the events that occurred. Eric epstein is joining us live. Hes the chair of the three mile island alert which is what . Three mile island aslert a safe energy organization. We were founded in 19
Yard is there, the waste is here. Where is it going to go . Erik epstein is joining us from pennsylvania. The chair of the three mile island alert. Thank you for being with us on cspan television and American History tv. It was a first step in a nuclear nightmare. As far as we know at this hour, no worse than that. The Government Official said a breakdown in an atomic power plant in pennsylvania is probably the worst Nuclear Reactor accident to date. There was no apparent serious con tam administration of workers. A group said radiation inside the plant is at eight times the deadly level. So strong that after passing through a three foot thick concrete wall, it can be measured a mile away. Gary shepherd reports from harrisburg. The accident occurred here at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant a dozen miles south of harrisburg. At about 4 00 this morning two water pumps that help cool the reactor shutdown. Officials say some 50 to 60,000 gallons of radio active water escaped into
they have four shelters opening this morning at this hour here. they can hold about 4,000 people. but the evacuation order right now under way for zone a is about 40,000 people. so they re hoping that they will use those shelters as a last resort and go find family or friends on the east coast of florida or just get out of town. i spoke with the spokesperson for the emergency operations center here in punta gorda and he told me that their motto is hide from wind and run from water. he said a wall of water is not your friend. so you don t want to stick around here in punta gorda. certainly the north of here as you know, there is a lot of concern and the tampa area, the st. peterburg mayor certainly has been voicing his concern saying this could be the storm that they never hoped would come to their shores. and, of course, the director of the national hurricane center saying that this could be the storm of a lifetime and the near worst case scenario for tampa bay and that is be
into focus. crime, education, abortion on the ballot. top concern for voters by a long shot as the economy and republicans have the edge. the poll shows more voters trust the gop to handle the economy. republicans are up double digits on crime and inflation. bill: the republican plan to address the issues drawing criticism from democrats. republicans dismiss it as a desperate attempt to deflect. democrats have no plan. this he are attacking us because they have created crises across the country. if they weren t worried about the commitment to america they wouldn t be talking about it so much. they re talking about it because they know it s bad. bill: mark meredith kicks off a new week. we ll hear a lot about the economy between now and november. the white house says it doesn t view what happens on wall street as the main indicator how the u.s. economy is faring overall. americans are worried about 401k, investment and savings. 74% of voters believe the stater po
Writing that series, he also under a pen name owen perry previously wrote six awardwinning civil war mysteries covering the first two years of the war. Colonel peters is a retired u. S. Army enlisted man and officer. He has written numerous works on strategy and security. The more recent military topics. Hes a highly regarded journalist and currently the fox news strategic analyst, and a member of the Hoover Institutions working group at Stanford University and he currently lives in warrenton and his title today is the human side of civil war leadership. Please welcome colonel peters. [ applause ] good morning, ladies and gentlemen. You know, you really all should be outside on this beautiful day. This is amazing weather, but im glad youre here. First, i have to get a commercial in not for my books although my publisher would be delighted if youd buy them, but for one of the most important institutions in the United States of america, the National Park service, and in these Turbulent T