Legal Opinion
In Re: TMI
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 17, 1995No. 94-7599UnknownCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
In 1979, an accident occurred at a nuclear power facility near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, releasing radiation into the atmosphere and catapulting the name, “Three Mile Island,” into the national consciousness. Sixteen years later, we are called on once again to consider the Three Mile Island accident as we determine the appropriate standard of care for the operators of the facility.
I. Procedural History
The accident at the Three Mile Island (“TMI”) nuclear power facility occurred on March 28, 1979. As a result, thousands of area residents and…
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