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Walker, J. Samuel.

Three Mile Island : a nuclear crisis in historical
perspective / J. Samuel Walker.
p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-520-23940-7 (alk. paper).
[1. Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant.
2. Nuclear power plants—Accidents.] I. Title.
TK1345.H37 W35 2004
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