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Energy

In this May 22, 2017 file photo shown is the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa.. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Radio Times
Science

Three Mile Island anniversary and the future of nuclear power

On the 40th anniversary of the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, we look back at the disaster and discuss the effect it had on the nuclear power industry then and now.

Air Date: March 28, 2019 10:00 am

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Cows graze in a field at Willow Run Farm in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania. Farmer Deanne Boyer uses forward-thinking farming techniques in raising her cattle in a way that she says is best for the animals, the land and the environment as a whole. (Matt Smith/ for WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Should we stop eating meat to fight climate change?

Cut way back on red meat, say scientists, who came up with a controversial diet recommended for our health, and the planet’s.

6 years ago

Listen 08:32
In this May 22, 2017 file photo shown is the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa.. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Community
PA Post

40 years after Three Mile Island accident, debate over safety of nuclear energy still goes back and forth

Forty years after the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island changed the trajectory of nuclear energy in this country, the debate over its safety and viability continues.

6 years ago

Aerial view of Three Mile Island nuclear plant near Harrisburg, Pa., scene of a nuclear accident, Thursday, March 28, 1979. The plant started leaking radioactive steam, contaminating the area. (AP Photo)
The Why
Science

Chasing clean power: Why Three Mile Island is fighting to stay open

Forty years after the country's worst nuclear accident, Three Mile Island could close. That's sparked a debate about the risks and benefits of this carbon-free energy source.

Air Date: March 27, 2019

Listen 13:50
Exelon Corporation Three Mile Island nuclear generating station Unit 1 cooling towers in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County. May 22, 2017. (Dan Gleiter/PennLive)
Community

Public will never know truth behind Three Mile Island, anti-nuclear energy advocates say

"Three Mile Island is an accident without an ending," TMI Alert’s Eric Epstein said.

6 years ago

Cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Money
PA Post

If Three Mile Island shuts down, counties could lose grant money

If Three Mile Island shuts down, the counties and communities surrounding the plant could see less money for emergency management.

6 years ago

File photo: Sunoco's Mariner East 2 pipeline construction on Pennell Road in Middletown Township. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

New safety concerns over Sunoco’s Mariner East 2X pipeline

Pipeline safety advocates worry the pressure on the 16-inch Mariner East 2x would pose greater dangers.

6 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf visits Taggart Elementary School in South Philadelphia to stump for legislation that would tax natural gas extraction to pay for school improvements. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Gov. Wolf highlights Philly school conditions in severance tax push

Gov. Tom Wolf is once again pushing for a severance tax on Pennsylvania’s natural gas producers — this time by focusing on how the money could be used for schools.

6 years ago

In this May 22, 2017, file photo shows the control room at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa. Forty years after Three Mile Island became synonymous with America's worst commercial nuclear power accident, the prospect of bailing out nuclear power plants is stirring debate at the highest levels of Pennsylvania and the federal government. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Science
PA Post

What will become of Three Mile Island’s nuclear waste if the plant closes?

"Nobody wants the spent fuel near them," said Don Hudson, who lives downstream from the defunct Maine Yankee plant.

6 years ago

Actress Jane Fonda is shown during the filming of her movie
Science
PA Post

Three Mile Island accident was eerily foreshadowed by a Hollywood blockbuster days before

Less than two weeks before the accident at Three Mile Island, a Hollywood thriller depicting the frightening scenario of a disaster at a nuclear plant hit the screens.

6 years ago

Chris Achenbach-Kimmel stands for a portrait at Elizabethtown College where she works.  (PA Post)
Health
PA Post

Thyroid cancer study re-ignites debate over Three Mile Island accident’s health effects

Although Pennsylvania has the nation’s highest rate of thyroid cancer, most of that cancer has nothing to do with Three Mile Island.

6 years ago

Cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Nuclear watchdog group, citing potential safety issue at Three Mile Island, wants investigation

Three Mile Island Alert is asking federal regulators to analyze what the group calls a “potentially dangerous and risky condition” at Exelon's Three Mile Island plant.

6 years ago

Tree-clearing in Delaware County to prepare for the construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline project. The builder, Sunoco Logistics, rejected an attempt by a township in neighboring Chester County to block the installation of a valve along the line. (Emily Cohen/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. AG, Delco DA launch criminal investigation into Sunoco, Energy Transfer

Energy Transfer says the probe into the construction of the Mariner East pipelines "has no legitimate basis."

6 years ago

Red Whittaker stands beside an early prototype of RadPiper, a pipe-crawling robot that will help decommission uranium enrichment facilities in Ohio and Kentucky. Whittaker has worked in robotics for four decades at Carnegie Mellon University, and he developed several robots in the 1980s that helped clean up after the Three Mile Island incident. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

After TMI accident in ’79, this Carnegie Mellon team pitched a novel idea for cleanup: Use robots. It was just the beginning.

The partial meltdown at Three Mile Island left areas of the facility highly radioactive and inaccessible to humans. Along came a young group of researchers and robots.

6 years ago

Nozzles pump gas into vehicles at a BP gas station. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
Money

Gas prices on the rise at the Shore

Gas prices continue to rise in New Jersey and around the nation due to crude oil prices above $55 and refineries in seasonal maintenance that can temporarily limit production.

6 years ago

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