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• Island of stability — The island of stability is a term from nuclear physics that describes the possibility of elements with particularly stable magic numbers of protons and neutrons. This would allow certain isotopes of some transuranic elements to be far more stable …   Wikipedia

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• Three Mile Island (book) — Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective is a scholarly history of the Three Mile Island accident, written by J. Samuel Walker and published in 2004. Walker is the Nuclear Regulatory Commission s historian and his book is the …   Wikipedia

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• Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant — The Prairie Island nuclear power plant is an electricity generating facility located in Red Wing, Minnesota along the Mississippi River, adjacent to the Prairie Island Indian Community reservation. The plant, which first began operating in 1973,… …   Wikipedia

• Three Mile Island — an island in the Susquehanna River, near Middletown, Pennsylvania, SE of Harrisburg: scene of a near disastrous accident at a nuclear plant in 1979 that raised the issue of nuclear energy safety. * * * Nuclear power station near Harrisburg, Pa …   Universalium

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