Three Mile Island, site of 1979 nuclear accident, to close in 2019

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters


Tue May 30, 2017 | 12:06pm EDT

By Scott DiSavino

Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island power plant will close in 2019, forty years after it was the site of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history, as low natural gas prices make the costs of atomic energy uncompetitive, its owner said on Tuesday.

The plant's name has been synonymous with public fears over the risks associated with nuclear power since the plant suffered a partial meltdown in 1979, sparking sweeping new rules for handling emergencies at nuclear sites.

No one died during the 1979 meltdown and a federal review found minimal health effects in the 2 million people who lived near the central Pennsylvania plant, situated about 180 miles (300 km) west of New York City.

Exelon Corp, the U.S. power company that owns the Middletown, Pennsylvania, power plant, said it will close by Sept. 30, 2019, unless the state adopts rules to compensate the company for benefits Exelon says nuclear power provides.


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-nuclear-threemileisland-idUSKBN18Q1SH

[BumRushDaShow]

1. Big news here in PA & Philly

We do have Limerick Nuclear plant closer to us here in Philly but TMI was just iconic.

I have no idea if the state is going to come through or what...

[alarimer]

2. Let me guess that the company will abandon the site and make the state pay for cleanup

If they don't get their way.

[NNadir]

3. Look for more fracking, and ironically, more radon in PA. The closure will kill people.

Nuclear energy saves lives.

The flow back water from PA's fracking operations is more radioactive than the water outside of Fukushima, but happily for the gas bags who hate nuclear energy, it isn't regulated in any way.

Congrats to all of our anti-nukes. I'm sure they're perfectly thrilled.

History will not forgive us, nor should it.