The Three Mile Island incident in 1979 fueled a then-growing public perception of nuclear power as being dangerous and costly, which led to nuclear power plants becoming unpopular.

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Yet at the same time, Fraser kept with Caine in a story that had two plots going — a love triangle and the United States’ then-growing influence in Vietnam leading up to the Vietnam war.

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