The Institute for Southern Studies has posted some new revelations about the Three Mile Island disaster and nuclear plant safety.

“What happened at TMI was a whole lot worse than what has been reported,” [health physics technician] Randall Thompson told Facing South. “Hundreds of times worse.”

Thompson and his wife, Joy, a nuclear health physicist who also worked at TMI in the disaster’s aftermath, claim that what they witnessed there was a public health tragedy. The Thompsons also warn that the government’s failure to acknowledge the full scope of the disaster is leading officials to underestimate the risks posed by a new generation of nuclear power plants.

The story essentially tries again to confirm reports of health effects documented by people living near the plant. It also reveals that the Thompsons have sought “refuge” as clowns for a traveling circus.