Three Mile Island reactor shuts down for maintenance
The Three Mile Island nuclear power generating station, shown here Monday, March 28, 2011 in Middletown, Pa., continues to generate electric power with the Unit 1 reactor. TMI was the scene of the 1979 meltdown of the Unit 2 reactor, the worst nuclear power plant disaster in the United states. (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower)
(Londonderry Township) — Nearly one-third of Three Mile Island’s fuel is being replaced.
The outage, which is underway today, will also allow inspectors and maintenance workers to perform critical tasks.
Three Mile Island has an additional 1,600 workers at the plant in Dauphin County during the outage on the activities, on top of the usual 700 full-time employees.
The maintenance and inspections are part of the usual two-year plan for checks to make sure the reactor is in prime condition.
TMI did not say when it expects the reactor to resume operation.
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