The impact of the major nuclear power plant accidents on the international legal framework for nuclear power [electronic resource] /
Nuclear Energy Agency
- Paris : OECD Publishing, 2019.
Over time, numerous events and developments have shaped the utilisation of nuclear energy as well as the approach to its regulation. For example, the Three Mile Island (TMI) accident in 1979 was a significant event affecting the nuclear power industry in the United States (US) and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) regulatory programme, yet other incidents or "near misses" at facilities, scientific and engineering assessments of reactor technology