Local reaction has varied over the plan to reopen Three Mile Island nuclear plant
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Local reaction has varied over the plan to reopen Three Mile Island nuclear plant

NPR  

Local reaction has varied over the plan to reopen Three Mile Island nuclear plant The retired Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania is restarting, in a deal with Microsoft to power its data centers. LEILA FADEL, HOST: After Microsoft agreed to buy electricity from the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, it's planning to reopen - five years after shutting down. The U.S. has never restarted a nuclear power plant like this, but there is growing demand for electricity that doesn't contribute to climate change. FADEL: So listeners may recognize the name of Three Mile Island because it was the site of the most serious nuclear accident in U.S. history, in 1979, but the plant was still generating power until it shut down in 2019.

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The secret plan to re-open America's most infamous nuclear power plant
4 months ago

The secret plan to re-open America's most infamous nuclear power plant

Daily Mail  

The mastermind behind the plan to reopen the nuclear plant that caused America's worst reactor accident hatched the idea after learning tech CEOs were desperately searching for energy to power artificial-intelligence. Constellation Energy and Microsoft announced a power purchase agreement in September to reopen the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania. The plant is home the worst commercial nuclear …

Inside the audacious plan to reopen Three Mile Island’s nuclear plant
4 months ago

Inside the audacious plan to reopen Three Mile Island’s nuclear plant

Live Mint  

At a small gathering for CEOs last year, OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman made a stunning pronouncement: Future data centers for some artificial-intelligence models would require as much power as a large city. Dominguez returned to Baltimore after the May 2023 meeting with an audacious idea: What if his company restarted the undamaged reactor at Three Mile Island, the site of …

Apodaca: With its extreme need for energy, AI presents strong environmental challenges
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Apodaca: With its extreme need for energy, AI presents strong environmental challenges

LA Times  

The Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant is seen in the early morning hours March 28, 2011, in Middletown, Penn. That’s why big corporations are locating huge data centers in largely rural areas where land is cheaper, untapped power sources are available and the regulatory environments are friendlier. Take, for example, the news that surfaced recently that tech giant Microsoft intends …

Three Mile Island nuclear plant, site of worst US reactor accident, to reopen for Microsoft
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Three Mile Island nuclear plant, site of worst US reactor accident, to reopen for Microsoft

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island nuclear plant will be reopened by 2028, Constellation Energy announced Friday. …

The AI boom may give Three Mile Island a new life supplying power to Microsoft’s data centers
5 months, 3 weeks ago

The AI boom may give Three Mile Island a new life supplying power to Microsoft’s data centers

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant said Friday that it plans to restart the reactor under a 20-year agreement that calls for tech giant Microsoft to buy the power to supply its data centers with carbon-free energy. The plan to restart Three Mile Island’s Unit 1 comes amid something of a renaissance …

A new life is proposed for Three Mile Island supplying power to Microsoft data centers
5 months, 3 weeks ago

A new life is proposed for Three Mile Island supplying power to Microsoft data centers

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The owner of the shuttered …

Three Mile Island’s nuclear plant to reopen, help power Microsoft’s AI centers
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Three Mile Island’s nuclear plant to reopen, help power Microsoft’s AI centers

Live Mint  

A deal between Constellation Energy and Microsoft will restart Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island, the site of the country’s worst nuclear accident, to help power the tech giant’s growing artificial intelligence ambitions. Three Mile Island’s undamaged Unit 1 reactor sits next to Unit 2, which was shut down after a partial core meltdown in 1979 led to five days of panic. …

Shuttered Three Mile Island may be restarted to supply power to Microsoft’s data centers
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Shuttered Three Mile Island may be restarted to supply power to Microsoft’s data centers

LA Times  

The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant said Friday that it plans to restart the reactor under a 20-year agreement that calls for tech giant Microsoft to buy the power to supply its data centers with carbon-free energy. The plan to restart Three Mile Island’s Unit 1 comes amid something of a renaissance for nuclear power, …

Three Mile Island nuclear plant will reopen to power Microsoft data centers
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Three Mile Island nuclear plant will reopen to power Microsoft data centers

NPR  

Three Mile Island nuclear plant will reopen to power Microsoft data centers toggle caption Jeff Fusco/Getty Images Three Mile Island, the power plant near Middletown, Pa., that was the scene of the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history, will reopen to power Microsoft's data centers, which are responsible for powering the tech giant's cloud computing and artificial intelligence programs. …

Biden’s Nuclear Energy Plan Faces Drama
7 months, 1 week ago

Biden’s Nuclear Energy Plan Faces Drama

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The United States’ effort to reverse the permanent shutdown of a nuclear station for the first time hit a potential snag this week when an ex-employee at the facility went public with safety concerns about reopening the 53-year-old power plant. Now the company that owns the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station on Michigan’s southwest coast is hitting back …

Netflix’s new Three Mile Island documentary highlights the real issue with nuclear power: people
2 years, 10 months ago

Netflix’s new Three Mile Island documentary highlights the real issue with nuclear power: people

The Independent  

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Three Mile Island: The real-life meltdown behind the Netflix show
2 years, 10 months ago

Three Mile Island: The real-life meltdown behind the Netflix show

The Independent  

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Goodbye, Three Mile Island: Remaining reactor shuts down
5 years, 5 months ago

Goodbye, Three Mile Island: Remaining reactor shuts down

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The money-losing Three Mile Island, the 1979 site of the United States’ worst commercial nuclear power accident, was shut down Friday by its energy giant owner. The end of the 45-year electricity-producing career of Three Mile Island Unit 1 came after Chicago-based Exelon Corp. tried and failed to get financial aid from Pennsylvania in the spring. Three …

Agency could keep Three Mile Island nuclear debris in Idaho
5 years, 6 months ago

Agency could keep Three Mile Island nuclear debris in Idaho

Associated Press  

BOISE, Idaho — The partially melted reactor core from the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history could remain in Idaho for another 20 years if regulators finalize a license extension sought by the U.S. Energy Department, officials said Monday. The core from Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania partially melted in 1979, an event that changed the way Americans view nuclear …

Three Mile Island plant, site of nuclear accident, to close
5 years, 10 months ago

Three Mile Island plant, site of nuclear accident, to close

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Three Mile Island, site of the United States’ worst nuclear power accident, will begin a planned shutdown starting June 1 now that it is clear that it will not get a financial rescue from Pennsylvania, its owner said Wednesday. The fight over Three Mile Island and Pennsylvania’s four other nuclear power plants invigorated a debate over the …

AP WAS THERE: Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident
7 years, 9 months ago

AP WAS THERE: Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident

Associated Press  

EDITOR’S NOTE: On March 28, 1979, the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant south of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, suffered a partial meltdown that instilled fear in hundreds of thousands of nearby residents and changed the way Americans viewed the technology. There are 223 nuclear reactors at power plants around the globe; two of them at Three Mile Island. “It doesn’t look …

Another year passes since the Chernobyl disaster: 6 worst nuclear explosions in the history of earth
8 years, 10 months ago

Another year passes since the Chernobyl disaster: 6 worst nuclear explosions in the history of earth

India Today  

Nuclear power is one threat that can, by all means, lead our species to its extinction. An explosion that occurs as a result of the rapid release of energy from a high-speed nuclear reaction is known as a nuclear explosion The reaction resulting into an explosion may be nuclear fission, nuclear fusion or a multistage cascading combination of the two …

The Lasting Fallout of a Nuclear Meltdown's Data Gaps
15 years, 10 months ago

The Lasting Fallout of a Nuclear Meltdown's Data Gaps

Wired  

LIVERMORE, California — Thirty years ago, half the core of a reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear complex melted down, but government officials and the utility running the place didn’t know that. It has rippled down through time as the debate over what the Three Mile Island accident meant to society became clouded with doubts over what actually happened …

Nuclear Now!
20 years, 1 month ago

Nuclear Now!

Wired  

On a cool spring morning a quarter century ago, a place in Pennsylvania called Three Mile Island exploded into the headlines and stopped the US nuclear power industry in its tracks. Burning coal and other fossil fuels is driving climate change, which is blamed for everything from western forest fires and Florida hurricanes to melting polar ice sheets and flooded …

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