It was 47 years ago this week: Just before 4 a.m. on Wednesday, March 28, 1979, a malfunctioning valve set off what would become the most serious incident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant ...

On March 28, 1979, 47 years ago this wee, malfunctions and human errors set off what the Nuclear Regulatory Commission called “the most serious accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant ...

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy said Tuesday that it will loan $1 billion to help finance the restart of the nuclear power plant on Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island that is under ...

MIDDLETOWN, Pa.—Forty-six years have passed since America’s worst nuclear accident, at Three Mile Island, jolted the country and created skepticism of nuclear energy. “For them to reopen it is ...

The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is providing a $1 billion loan to Constellation Energy to help restart the nuclear reactor at the former Three Mile Island plant in Pennsylvania.

The anniversary of the Three Mile Island nuclear accident at the end of March each year reminds me of a chance encounter nearly 30 years ago while vacationing in Tennessee. My husband and I traveled ...