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On December 31, 1978, the TMI nuclear power plant began generating electricity.
On March 28-29, 1979, a partial nuclear meltdown of the nuclear reactor's core occured because of equipment and operative error.
On March 30-31, a bubble of gas formed in the reactor, pushing out some radioactive material. Some rumors about the gas being more dangerous than it is was quickly put down.
On April 1st, the president and governer visited the plant along with some newspeople. This reassured that it was safe, as even the president went in.
On April 6th, the officials told everyone that the "crisis had passed" and it was safe to go back now.
On October 25/26th, the Nuclear Regulatory Commision fined the company in charge the maximum possible fine for such an event.
July 23: A person entered the TMI-2 reactor room, the first since the partial meltdown.
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