3.1.2 Accidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl
Accidents occurred at the Three Mile Island nuclear facility in Pennsylvania and the Chernobyl nuclear power station.
(Remember that PWR stands for pressurised water reactors.)
In the next section, you will consider what could be learned from these incidents.
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