Cooling leak releases radiation, shuts down Three Mile Island reactor
HARRISBURG, Pa., March 28, 1979 (UPI) -- A cooling system leak, probably the most serious nuclear reactor accident to date, today released radiation and triggered an automatic shutdown of Three Mile island nuclear .power plant, forcing evacuation of the f Blaine Fabian, spokesman for Metropolitan Edison Co., part-owner of the plant, located near Harrisburg, said some radioactive steam escaped and was vented into the atmosphere.