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Three Mile Island Meltdown: Richard Thornburgh's Advice for Japan

As Japan races to avert a nuclear crisis, the governor who oversaw America's 1979 meltdown talks to Eleanor Clift on how he handled the disaster, his advice for Japanese officials, and the future of nuclear energy.

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L-R: Director of the U.S. Nuclear Agency Harold Denton, PA. Gov. Dick Thornburgh, and U.S. President Jimmy Carter visit the control room of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Middletown, Pa on April 1, 1979. (Photo: AP Photo),Anonymous