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The University of Massachusetts, Amherst recently announced the acquisition of the papers of Daniel Ellsberg, which became part of their special collections library. In an event marking the…

Nancy Watson showed some of the papers of former Pennsylvania Governor and U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh (R). The papers give insight into his time as governor during the incident at the Three Mile…

Nuclear power engineer Arnie Gundersen chronicled how the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant meltdown unfolded on March 28, 1979. Mr. Gundersen argued that the Harrisburg area should…

A medical doctor and three university professors detailed the health risks, political developments, and social changes that stem from the 1979 nuclear accident at Three Mile Island,…

Two community activists from the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area, an independent journalist from Fukushima and a Japanese visual artist who lives in New York City, reflected on how two…

This “CBS Reports” documentary from May 1, 1979 investigates the March 28, 1979 Three Mile Island accident near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The hour-long program looks at the response of the…

Eric Epstein, founder and chair of Three Mile Island Alert, talked about his experience during the 1979 partial meltdown at Three Mile Island and how the community marked the 40th…

Samuel Walker, a former U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission historian and author of Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective, talked about the 1979 partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island…

Edwin Lyman, acting director of the Nuclear Safety Project at the Union of Concerned Scientists and author of “Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster,” discusses nuclear power safety…

Mr. Walker talked about his book, Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective, published by University of California Press. This accident on March 28, 1979, remains the worst accident…

John Donnelly talked about the decrease in spending to safeguard atomic bomb materials.

Jonathan Stayer showed items, housed at the Pennsylvania State Archives, related to the nuclear incident at Three Mile Island in 1979. Mr. Stayer shared his personal story as a college student in the area at the time.…

James Platte, a non-resident fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, talked about the future of nuclear power generation and security in Northeast Asia,…

Edwin Lyman talked about his book, Fukushima, in which he looks at what happened at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in March 2011 and the damage it caused around the world. In his book, the author…

Susan Stranahan talked about the book Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster, an account of the 2011 tsunami and resulting meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. Ms.…

Members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) testified on the recommendations of their task force created after the 2011 Fukishima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident in Japan. Some…

Scientific, business and government leaders examined the impact of the 2011 earthquake off the coast of Japan that triggered a series of events from tsunami to the meltdown of Fukushima nuclear power plant. Topics…

Participants spoke about lessons learned from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident in Japan. Critics of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) spoke directly to…

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) members testified on the implementation of new safety changes put into place following the nuclear emergency at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant after an…

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) held an event on lessons learned from the nuclear radiation leaks at the Fukushima reactor in Japan.