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A Decade of Delay, Deceit and Danger. TMI 1979-1989
Auteur | TMI Alert |
3-01-8-11-13.pdf | |
Datum | 1989 |
Classificatie | 3.01.8.11/13 (VS - LOCATIES - HARRISBURG) |
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Uit de publicatie:
A Decade of Delay, Deceit and Danger THREE MILE ISLAND 1979-1989 A Retrospective Three Mile Island Alert Dedicated to those Three Mile Island area residents who have been harmed, who have suffered and who have fought courageously for the health and safety of their family, friends and future generations. Written by Joanne Doroshow Designed by Kathleen Glynn Cover Artwork by Melinda Downey Becky Mease's Story THE FOLLOWING IS an excerpt from an interview by researchers Mitsuru and Aileen Smith Katagiri with Becky Mease. Becky Mease is a nurse who works in Harrisburg, and lives in Middletown with husband Dave and young daughter Pam. Becky spoke to Mitsuru and Aileen about her family's experience during the accident. The Mease's mobile home sits about four miles north of TMI. "I guess it would have probably been about 9 o'clock when I first started to taste it, because I was driving home from Harrisburg in my car .... I came in the door and said to Dave, 'I have a funny metallic taste in my mouth, really strange.' I didn't even associate it with the accident, to tell you the truth. And it was late that Wednesday evening like 11 o'clock, and we were watching the news. They said everything was under control. I said to Dave, 'you know, this is really funny. I have this terrible metallic taste.' When I get my teeth filled, you can taste the fdling for a while. I said the only other time I had this funny metallic taste was when I was working in the operating room and they'd come in and take a lot ofX-rays from the patient who was there for surgery ..••