On March 28, 1979, a nuclear meltdown occurred at the Three Mile Island power plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 

Five days later, Jimmy Carter visited the damaged power plant.  As a trained nuclear engineer, the President had served as a senior officer in the Navy’s nuclear submarine program, and had worked on efforts to dismantle a damaged nuclear reactor in Canada.

Soon after, President Carter ordered a commission to investigate the accident at Three Mile Island.  Read the report- The Need for Change: The Legacy of TMI.

Source: archives.gov

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    This is about as far back I am in my likes… only late March… I’m really, really behind. XD
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    powered.
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    Why aren’t our presidents nuclear engineers these days?
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    IT WASN’T A MELTDOWN! CHERNOBYL WASN’T EVEN A FULL MELTDOWN! RESEARCH! LEARN TO DO IT!
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    Who knew Carter was a nuclear engineer??
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    Thisonetime, in fifth grade, my class went on a field trip to TMI. It was kind of cool, but kind of creepy. Those...