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Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor Will Power Microsoft AI Factory
The Constellation Energy Corporation has entered a purchase agreement with Microsoft meaning a nuclear reactor could be turned back on on Three Mile Island as soon as 2028, the company announced in a release on Friday, Sept. 20. The announcement comes exactly Five years to the day that the company turned off Unit 1 reactor on TMI. Nuclear Reactor Unit 2 on TMI infamously was shut down following the historic partial meltdown in 1979. The 20-year power purchase agreement will includes turning back on at least the Unit 1 reactor and opening Crane Clean Energy Center on the property. The agre…
Gettysburg, PA
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Cause Of Death, ID Revealed For Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Worker
Authorities have identified the contractor who died on Three Mile Island on Friday morning. The victim was identified as Michael Miller, 55, of Alabama, according CBS21. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission initially said the Miller's death was part of a “material handling accident," and noted that he was outside the radiological controlled area. It was later confirmed that Miller, "was killed while unloading equipment from a truck," according to a regional communications manager at Exelon Generation. One day after the incident, an autopsy revealed Miller’s cause of death as tr…
Lower Paxton, PA
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Worker Dies At Pennsylvania's Infamous Nuclear Site, Three Mile Island
A contractor has died on Three Mile Island during a “material handling accident,” accident to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Londonderry Township emergency medical services and fire crews were called to the power plant in Dauphin County for an accident on Friday around 11 a.m. . The person died at the scene. The worker was outside the radiological controlled area, according to NRC. The victim's identity has not been released. Three Mile Island’s Nuclear plant is currently being dismantled and decommissioned, after Unit 1 was permanently closed in Sept. 2019. Exelon Generation…
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Around The Towns: Indian Point Closure Meeting(s), New City Manager, MLK Day Commemoration
This story has been updated. The second meeting of the Indian Point Nuclear Decommissioning Citizen Advisory Panel is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 15. Meanwhile, two state lawmakers are calling for public decommissioning meetings sponsored by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Among the public officials attending Wednesday's meeting will be village of Buchanan Mayor Theresa Knickerbocker and town of Cortlandt Supervisor Linda Puglisi. The Jan. 15 discussion will entail preparing for the closure and eventual decommissioning of the Indian Point Energy Center by next year. The …
Cortlandt, NY
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Entergy Asks For OK To Transfer Indian Point's License
Entergy Corporation has asked for approval to transfer the license of Indian Point Energy Center, officials say. A License Transfer Application was filed with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission through the affiliates of Entergy Corporation and Holtec International on Friday, Nov. 22. The application requests approval for the transfer of the NRC licenses for the Indian Point Energy Center to Holtec following the permanent shut down of the last unit by April 30, 2021. Holtec officials plan to initiate the decommissioning at Indian Point after regulatory approvals and transaction close, a…
DV Plus - Westchester, NY
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Around The Towns: Active Shooter Defense, Indian Point Closure, Biaggi Speaks, Buchwald Lauded
Westchester County will offer additional training sessions for residents to learn the strategies and skills to survive if an active shooter attacked their workplace or another public venue. Known as Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events (CRASE), training classes will be offered on Wednesday, Oct. 9 and Tuesday, Nov. 12 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Westchester County Center in White Plains. The training is free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. “Active Shooter incidents continue to occur around the nation and we want to provide our residents with practical guida…
Cortlandt, NY
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Entergy Agrees To Indian Point Energy Center Post-Shutdown Sale
Entergy Corp. agreed to sell the subsidiaries that own Indian Point Units 1, 2, and 3, located in Buchanan, to a Holtec International subsidiary for decommissioning. The sale, which will be effective after Unit 3 has been shut down and permanently defueled, includes the transfer of the licenses, spent fuel, decommissioning liabilities, and Nuclear Decommissioning Trusts (NDT) for the three units. “The sale of Indian Point to Holtec is expected to result in the completion of decommissioning decades sooner than if the site were to remain under Entergy’s ownershi…
