PENNSYLVANIA : Three Mile Island Lawsuits Rejected
A federal judge threw out more than 2,000 damage claims filed against the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, saying plaintiffs had offered a “paucity of proof” to support their cases. The lawsuits were filed by area residents who blamed exposure to radiation released in 1979 nuclear accident for health problems including leukemia and other cancers. A combination of mechanical and human failures allowed the Unit 2 reactor to lose cooling water in March 1979. Part of the core melted and some radioactive gases were released into the air near Harrisburg, Pa.
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