History in the making: D&D begins on Three Mile Island-2

November 8, 2024, 3:12PMNuclear News
A 3D, semitransparent model of the TMI-2 reactor building is helping planners and workers visualize the work to be done in the radiologically controlled building. (All photos: Tim Gregoire)

Constellation Energy has announced that it will seek to restart Unit 1 of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania as part of an agreement with Microsoft to power that company’s data centers. Given the growing interest by tech companies in using clean, reliable nuclear power to meet their growing energy demands, the September 20 announcement to reopen TMI-1, which was shut down and defueled in 2019, was not a huge surprise.

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