Three Mile Island
/ˌθriː maɪl ˈaɪlənd/
/ˌθriː maɪl ˈaɪlənd/
- a US island south of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where there was an accident in a nuclear power station on 28 March 1979. Some radiation got into the air, causing great fear among local people. This led to a lot of criticism of the national programme for producing nuclear power.
三哩岛:美国宾夕法尼亚州哈里斯堡以南的一个岛屿,1979年3月28日,那里的一座核电站发生了事故。一些辐射进入空中,引起了当地人民的极大恐惧。这导致对国家生产核电计划的许多批评。