There have been several published reviews of '' Three Mile Island '' . John F. Barber from The University of Texas states that Walker 's insightful book captures the " high human drama surrounding the TMI accident " , sets it in the context of the contentious debate over nuclear power in the seventies , and discusses the social , technical , and political issues it raised . Walker 's authoritative account of the days and events surrounding the TMI accident captures the complexities of the situation , clears up some misconceptions , and discusses the aftermath and implications . According to Barber , Walker provides " thoughtful and sober grounds for the continued debate over the role of nuclear power in our contemporary world " . In a review for '' Times Higher Education '' , Jack Harris says that Walker is an extremely good writer and even those who do not specialise in technical fields will derive enjoyment from the book . According to Harris , Walker has unique experience as historian to the NRC which has placed him in an unrivalled position to tell the TMI story . But Harris identifies some omissions in the book . There is little on the other two major nuclear that threatened large civilian populations : the Windscale fire ( UK , October 1957 ) , and the Chernobyl disaster ( Ukraine , April 1986 ) . Harris states that Windscale threw up similar problems to TMI , particularly relating to whether large-scale evacuations should have been initiated , but he could find no reference to the Windscale accident in the book 's index which is surprising in a book that aims to put TMI in historical perspective
Windscale fire
Windscale fire
Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective