What Josh Clark has said about Three Mile Island accident

3 quotes · 1 episode · Jun 4, 2026

Josh Clark, Co-host of Stuff You Should Know, has been quoted on Three Mile Island accident 3 times in 1 episode of Stuff You Should Know, most recently on June 4, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Clark argues that the nuclear industry and regulators were collectively deluded about the safety of nuclear power at the time.

    “Like they were deluded as a group about the safety of nuclear power”

    Stuff You Should Know: Three Mile Island (Jun 4, 2026) · Listen from 5:41

  • Clark says operators had known of problems with the relief valve for weeks and falsified information rather than fixing it.

    “There had been problems with that pilot-operated relief valve for apparently weeks. And rather than fix it, they were just falsifying the information”

    Stuff You Should Know: Three Mile Island (Jun 4, 2026) · Listen from 9:51

  • Clark says the containment vessel held molten uranium by sheer luck despite not being expected to withstand it.

    “And it actually had not been expected to be able to stand up to something like that. And just by sheer luck, it did”

    Stuff You Should Know: Three Mile Island (Jun 4, 2026) · Listen from 34:43

Episodes

  • Three Mile Island

    Stuff You Should Know · Jun 4, 2026 · 46 min

    Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant recount the 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear accident, its causes, health debates, cleanup, and effect on U.S. nuclear power.

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