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Three Mile Island

Noun CEFR C1

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  1. An island of Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States, on Lake Frederick, Susquehanna River; the site of a nuclear power plant accident in 1979.
  2. An informal unit of measurement for a nuclear disaster, equivalent to that of the incident in 1979 in Pennsylvania
  3. A nuclear power plant located on the island; the site of a nuclear accident in 1979.
  4. A nuclear reactor core partial meltdown in 1979, at the nuclear power plant's reactor unit 2
  5. An island of the town of Meredith, Belknap County, Lakes Region, New Hampshire, United States, on Lake Winnipesaukee.

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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