America goes Nuclear:Three Mile Island melts down

Three Mile Island was a Nuclear power plant located in the middle of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, until March 28th 1979, when it melted down in this althistory.

March 27th 1979: The last day of normalcy
March 27th 1979 started out as any other day for the residents of Harrisburg PA. The commonwealth congress was in session and was debating about whether to privatize the commuter service of Philadelphia. The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant was running at normal capacity throughout the whole day, without a single incident, except for a report of a computer malfunctioning for a moment. 2/3's of the Commonwealth's elected officals were in Harrisburg for the next day's vote. The governer was there as well.

March 28th, 1979 4:00AM-Zero hour
On March 28th 1979 at 4:00AM, a computer system at the Three Mile Island Nuclear power plant malfunctioned and drained the coolant in the Nuclear core. The workers present at the time made three calls before the core melted down. One was to the Local news, giving a warning for them to broadcast. The second was to General Public Utilities, saying what was happening, and the third was to Washington DC, but never got through, since the second it went through was when the core was exposed to air. The result was the worst disaster in the the history of Pennsylvania, and the worst in the USA, until September 11th 2001.