Major nuclear reactor accidents include Three Mile Island accident ( 1979 ) , Chernobyl disaster ( 1986 ) , and Fukushima ( 2011 ) . A report in '' Lancet '' says that the effects of these accidents on individuals and societies are diverse and enduring . Relatively few immediate deaths have occurred , but nuclear-related fatalities are mostly in the hazardous uranium mining industry , which supplies fuel to nuclear reactors . There are also physical health problems directly attributable to radiation exposure , as well as psychological and social effects . The Fukushima accident forced more than 80,000 residents to evacuate from neighborhoods around the crippled nuclear plant . Evacuation and long-term displacement create severe health-care problems for the most vulnerable people , such as hospital inpatients and elderly people
Three Mile Island accident
Three Mile Island accident
Nuclear renaissance