3 mile island(research method)
The Three Mile Island accident of 1979 was the worst nuclear power plant disaster in the United States. It happened at a time when nuclear power safety was in question and when the mention of the word "Nuclear" brought on thoughts of war. Also, it brought the downfall of nuclear power as a leading power resource. The significance it had on media history was it showed people how close to home the danger was and it gave a glimpse to outsiders on how local residents have lived in fear of Three Mile Island. The accident brought on a great debate on how safe was nuclear power. The media form that is in focus for this research paper are newspaper aritcles from between the two days following the accident. The articles where chosen from two different instate newspapers: The Philidelphia Inquirer and The Harrisburg Patriot. The reason these newspapers were chosen was to give two perpectives on the situation, one from a local small market newspaper and one from a more high profile and high circulation newspaper. The writers of the articles varied from staff writers to AP reporters. The media era in which the event occurred was in the modern media age which still exist toda
"if the good Lord means for me to go that way,' she said, "that's the way I'm going to go. I'm not letting the electric company scare me out of a home." The opening front-page article from the Philidelphia Inquirer gave a detailed account of how the nuclear reactor leaked and provided a diagram how the nuclear reactor worked. The writer for the opening article on the accident was Inquirer science writer Joel n. Shurkin. He opens with the following paragraph following paragraph: One incident involved a boat carrying 20 men from a yearly poker game which the boat got stranded in the middle of the river. The boat drifted for about two hours until landing on Three Mile Island.
Some common words found in the essay are:
Mile Island, Paul Holowka, Regulatory Commission, Harrisburg Patriot, I'm I'm, Philidelphia Inquirer, Historical Background, Research Method, Cold War, Harrisburg Metropolitan, mile island, nuclear power, power plant, nuclear reactor, island nuclear power, farmers farmers, goes wrong, account happened, philidelphia inquirer, staff writer, island nuclear, safe nuclear power, mile island nuclear, nuclear power plant, nuclear power research,
Approximate Word count = 1130
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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