Intermediate Stories

Three Mile Island
You are going to hear some information about a nuclear accident at a place called Three Mile Island.

Listen and write the answer to these questions.

1. Which country did the accident happen in?

2. In the worst case scenario, how many people might have been killed?

3. Were many people affected?

4. Were there riots?

5. What did the Commission of Enquiry say about where large supplies of medicine should be kept?

6. What do some people believe about what the nuclear industry thinks?

Answer 1. USA 2. half a million 3. no 4. no 5. medicine supplies should be kept at nuclear plants 6. it is cheaper to let people develop cancer

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