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Jimmy Carter offered calm to Pennsylvanians after Three Mile Island partial meltdown

Carter visited the midstate on April 1, 1979– four days after the partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant’s Unit 2 reactor.

By Rachel McDevitt/StateImpact Pennsylvania

Nuclear boosters, skeptics eyeing Three Mile Island restart

The owner of the TMI Unit 1 reactor opened up the closed plant to media to show their confidence that the site can repower without issue.

By Rachel McDevitt/StateImpact Pennsylvania

Fear, hope among mixed reactions as Three Mile Island plans to restart

TMI’s restart is being hailed by those who want to cut climate pollution, but it’s opposed by people concerned about the risks of radiation from nuclear power and waste.

By Rachel McDevitt/StateImpact Pennsylvania

Updated: September 24, 2024 | 2:57 pm

Pieces of Three Mile Island to be preserved for history

The plant’s control panel and a model of the reactor core will be preserved, as well as signs, maps, and photos from the time of TMI-2’s partial meltdown in 1979.

By Rachel McDevitt/StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. activists try to head off nuclear restart at Three Mile Island

TMI Unit 1 owner Constellation said this summer it would be technically possible to repower the plant, but it does not have concrete plans to restart it.

By Rachel McDevitt/StateImpact Pennsylvania
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