Three Mile Island is a nuclear generating station located in a destitute area in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. With a couple thousand people living near this power plant, it was common for people living nearby to work here. During the 1970s, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission started making changes as a result of some accidents that were occurring recently. On August 3, 1978, D. F. Hallman, who was working for Nuclear Services, wrote a memo to B. A. Karrasch, a manager at TMI, explaining important changes that needed to be done to the reactors so another accident wouldn’t happen again like in Toledo. Through unprofessional and improper communication, the memo failed its purpose and a nuclear meltdown happened on March 28, 1979, seven months after the memo was sent. Still to this day it is the most compelling nuclear accident in United States history. On a …show more content…
His tone is very serious and persuasive that should have drawn in the readers. The author uses two persuasive techniques, cause and effect and appeals. An example of the cause and effect technique is when Boisjoly states that if the O-rings fail cause of the cold weather, a deadly result will happen. Boisjoly uses professional and personal opinions that show his true emotions about this space launch. Another example stated in his memo “there is a chance of losing human life” which is such a powerful statement. His gut knows something is going to happen so this emotion falls under the appeals category of persuasive techniques. The first glance of Boisjoly’s memo is that it looks professional and neat with bold heading fonts. In the first paragraph, it is clear what the memo is going to be about and every paragraph states a new point. The only noticeable issue is that the list of individuals for the carbon copy should be at the very of the memo. It is clear that Boisjoly’s memo has more pros than