This course explores the engineering failure that led to the accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant in 1979, the most serious accident in the history of commercial nuclear power in the United States. It provides an in-depth examination of the sequence of events, technical flaws, and human errors that contributed to the incident.

The course is tailored for engineers seeking to understand how critical oversights and system design shortcomings can lead to catastrophic outcomes, with lessons applicable across all engineering disciplines.