This topic is about TMI

https://www.wgal.com/article/pennsylvania-three-mile-island-nuclear-power-plant-restarting/62295156

Former Three Mile Island nuclear power plant set to restart operations

LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. The former Three Mile Island power plant will restart the Unit 1 nuclear reactor as part of a deal with Microsoft, the Constellation Energy Corporation announced Friday morning.

"Unit 1 here has a great legacy. Forty-five years this unit ran stellar performance, reliability," Constellation community relations manager Dave Marcheskie said.

The Unit 1 reactor was shut down five years ago due to economic reasons. The restart comes as Microsoft signed a 20-year deal with Constellation to provide power for Microsoft's data centers.

The agreement paves the way for what the companies are calling the Crane Clean Energy Center.

Constellation says they expect the refurbished power plant to be online in 2028.

However, some community members and watchdogs think there are public health and safety concerns that must be addressed.

"I am absolutely convinced that the governor, and the legislature, and the labor are full-throated in support of this, but I think they're moving too quickly without the proper inspection and oversight," said Eric Epstein.

He's the former chairman of Three Mile Island Alert, a group that promotes safe energy alternatives to nuclear power.

Local leaders acknowledged a reserved reaction from some residents but noted there are big boosts to tax revenue that could accompany the restart.

"We are very positively thinking about the reopening here. Cognizant of a lot of our residents who have concerns because we people that are here since the accident and have real concerns about safety," Londonderry Township Supervisor Anna Dale said.

A number of agencies will need to sign off on the plan, including the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Im not reading all that, thats too much information

MICHALECOLE posted...

too much information

Oh, you mean like that concept the acronym usually stands for?

They actually went close to three mile island on an episode of Viva La Bam

1) The original Three Mile Island accident was never actually as bad as most people tend to think it was, based solely on pop culture osmosis. Sure, it was bad , but it wasn't a massive catastrophe the way Chernobyl was.

2) Most people probably assume the entire station was shut down afterwards, but it actually kept running for decades after. The reactor that had the accident was never reactivated, but there's actually two reactors there, and the other one never stopped running. That's the part they're trying to reopen - not the one that had the meltdown.

The only reason the plant as a whole was shut down at all is because it wasn't profitable. It wasn't shut down for safety reasons or because there was a problem. If a new company want to reopen it because they think they can make it profitable, then the main risk is whether or not they're going to try to make that profit margin by cutting corners when it comes to safety. But that's a risk whenever you're talking about any nuclear plant.

The only reason this is a story at all is because "Three Mile Island" has connotations in the minds of most Americans. It's literally the reason why nuclear power never caught on here the way it did in countries like France (which has extremely low greenhouse/carbon emissions because of it).

No.

GGuirao13 posted...

No.

Pretty solid argument.