The Three Mile Island accident in 1979 was the most-studied nuclear reactor event in the U.S. If the producers of Meltdown: Three Mile Island—available on Netflix—had read any of those documents instead of relying mostly on input from antinuclear activists, their “documentary” might have been presented with at least some sense of balance and credibility.
Instead, similar to a recent Science Channel documentary on the Three Mile Island accident, Meltdown focuses on drama instead of science. This four-part miniseries does not attempt to provide a balanced set of facts from the technical community and instead relies heavily on non expert opinions and anecdotal statements to tell a story that easily falls apart under even the faintest scrutiny.
