Meltdown: Three Mile Island

TV-14

2022

Recommended
100%
61%
4 episodes
Documentary
Netflix Original

Docuseries retelling the story of the near catastrophe at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania through the lens... More

Docuseries retelling the story of the near catastrophe at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania through the lens of chief engineer and whistleblower, Richard Parks, as well as the community it impacted.

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Where to watch Meltdown: Three Mile Island

Meltdown: Three Mile Island is available to stream in New... More Zealand now on Netflix.

Meltdown: Three Mile Island episodes

The Accident

In 1979, a plant malfunction causes confusion and a radiation... More leak. As fear spreads, so does suspicion that the authorities are concealing the truth.

Women and Children First

Panic strikes the community as a full-blown catastrophe looms. Locals... More mobilize to confront the authorities and protest the nuclear power industry.

The Whistleblower

During cleanup at the plant, insiders claim that cost-cutting measures... More and intimidation tactics create a danger far worse than the accident itself.

Fallout

Despite disturbing revelations of wrongdoing at Three Mile Island before... More and after the accident, the utility fights to bring the plant back online.

Meltdown: Three Mile Island | Ratings & Reviews

This compelling nuclear disaster docuseries is also a character portrait of the moustachioed whistleblower who emerges as its hero: Rick Parks gets the bittersweet, rousing portrayal he deserves.

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"Instead of a rehash... Meltdown: Three Mile Island takes a familiar event... and fills in people’s gaps in information and debunks commonly held beliefs about the event."

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