TMI 2: THE ENTRY

TMI 2: THE ENTRY

With: Bill Behrle
Narrated by: Steve King
Written and directed by: Chris Milewski
Produced by Sidd Web Productions

YouTube: https://youtu.be/iK94jkuqRR0 (like and share if you dig it!)

Short documentary / first-hand account documenting the first manned entry into the TMI-2 reactor building after the partial core meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant.

The meltdown of reactor number 2 and the Three Mile Island Generating Station in Middletown, PA was the result of a catastrophic series of events that began on March 28, 1979. Precipitated by mechanical failure and exacerbated by human error, a loss of coolant accident ensued causing over half of the highly radioactive uranium core to melt, and ultimately a release of radiation into the surrounding countryside. 15 months and 24 days after what has become known as the worst commercial nuclear power accident in American history, two volunteers braved the unknown and on July 23, 1980, entered the containment building for the first time since the accident. Bill Behrle, a member of that first two-man entry team recounts the events of that day.

Chris Milewski at Three Mile Island with the TMI 2 containment building behind him.