Tag Archives: Three Mile Island (TMI)

Fairewinds Nuclear Spring Series: TMI (Three Mile Island) Archival Records Unearthed via Demystifying Nuclear Power Blog

Posted on 2021/04/07 by nfield

By Arnie Gundersen Welcome to Fairewinds Nuclear Spring Series. This third installment will share some newly discovered archival material about the March 28, 1979 meltdown at Three Mile Island (TMI) atomic power reactor. You may remember Fairewinds asserted that the meltdown … Continue reading →

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Eric Epstein: Three Mile Island cleanup must be fully funded via TribLIVE

Posted on 2020/12/28 by nfield

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently granted approval for the transfer of the license of Three Mile Island Unit-2 (TMI-2) from FirstEnergy, a public utility, to TMI-2 Solutions, a limited liability corporation based in Utah. The NRC approved the license transfer without … Continue reading →

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On Three Mile Island Meltdown Anniversary, ID considers nuclear future

Posted on 2020/03/28 by nfield

March 27, 2020 BOISE, Idaho – Saturday is the 41st anniversary of the partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. Experts say there are lessons in the incident, including for Idaho, where waste from the plant eventually … Continue reading →

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Can Nuclear Power’s Deadly Waste Be Contained in a Warming World? via Truthout

Posted on 2019/09/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear reactors are highly vulnerable to radioactive meltdowns in an era of rising climate disasters. Imagine this scenario: You are driving home from work one evening, and you notice a strange metallic taste in your mouth. That night on the … Continue reading →

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Three Mile Island: How America’s worst nuclear accident unfolded via USA Today

Posted on 2019/09/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Ramon Padilla, Janet Loehrke, and George Petras, USA TODAY On March 28, 1979, Unit 2 at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania, experienced a partial meltdown in what became known as the nation’s worst commercial nuclear accident.  … Continue reading →

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Agency could keep Three Mile Island nuclear debris in Idaho via Chicago Tribune

Posted on 2019/09/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By KEITH RIDLER 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 … Continue reading →

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To Hiroko Aihara, who spoke of Three Mile Island as a 40-year vision … via Nuclear Hotseat

Posted on 2019/06/01 by nfield

Nuclear Hotseat 407 (53:27-57:30) To Hiroko Aihara, who spoke of Three Mile Island as a 40-year vision of what’s to come for the people of Japan whose lives were so devastated by Fukushima, here’s what I would like to say: … Continue reading →

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Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant To Close, Latest Symbol Of Struggling Industry via NPR

Posted on 2019/05/09 by nfield

By Jeff Brady 40 years after the nation’s worst commercial nuclear accident, the remaining reactor still operating at Three Mile Island in South-central Pennsylvania is closing. Exelon announced Wednesday that Three Mile Island Generating Station Unit 1 will shut down by … Continue reading →

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Earth Day 2019 via KPFA

Posted on 2019/05/09 by nfield

Flashpoints 04.22.19 5 p.m. Today on an Earth Day Special, from Chernobyl to Fukashima to Three MileIsland. We spend the entire hour on the continuing deadly dangers of on-going nuclear radiation releases Listen

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Nuclear weapons ruined my life, and I wouldn’t have it any other way via Waging Nonviolence

Posted on 2019/04/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

As someone deeply embedded in a life of anti-nuclear resistance, I know the only way to get rid of these weapons is to never stop thinking about them. Frida Berrigan I want to offer you something different than the barrage … Continue reading →

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