Presents an overview of how nuclear power plants function, the history of nuclear energy use in the United States, and describes the nuclear accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant in Pennsylvania and the aftermath of that disaster.

Recounts the sinking of the successful swordfishing boat, the Andrea Gail, in what was later called "The Perfect Storm, " events leading up to the shipwreck, the investigation that followed, and ongoing public interest in the tragedy.