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Kelly Classic, Web Operations Editor in Chief

Where were you 40 years ago?

I'd like to say I was a toddler and don't remember Three Mile Island (TMI), but I think my friends and colleagues would roll their eyes! In truth, I was in college to be an x-ray tech, not yet even knowing about the field of health physics. When TMI happened, it was interesting, but probably not as impactful as it would have been had I been a health physicist at the time.

So . . . where were you 40 years ago? Tell us and we'll share your story. And/or tell us how you think TMI affected the way things are done today. Stories shared before 1 April will be highlighted in that issue of Health Physics News and those shared before 15 April will be in that issue. Please keep stories to 200 words or less and related to health physics.

In the meantime, here are some links to interesting information about TMI:

The Health Physics Society's Newsletter, March 1999: 24 pages of memories and reflections 20 years after the TMI accident

July 2004 Health Physics News: "TMI Unit 2 Accident, 25th Anniversary Symposium"

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's "Backgrounder on the Three Mile Island Accident"

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's "Three Mile Island Accident of 1979 Knowledge Management Digest (NUREG/KM-0001)"