Three Mile Island is on schedule to receive nuclear material by the end of the year. The material will be held in storage until the power plant, now renamed the Christopher M. Crane Clean Energy Center, earns approval to return to operations.
The owner of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant is beginning a review of how restarting power operations will impact the environment.
Constellation provided a timeline for restarting the plant during a public meeting Friday with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
TMI’s restart is being hailed by those who want to cut climate pollution, but it’s opposed by people concerned about the risks of radiation from nuclear power and waste.
TMI Unit 1 owner Constellation said this summer it would be technically possible to repower the plant, but it does not have concrete plans to restart it.
Power demand is growing now with the rise of data centers and new technology
Three Mile Island Unit 2 is moving into an active clean-up period known as DECON.