Crews in training to remove last of fuel from Three Mile Island Unit 2
The remaining 1% of fuel is the hardest to get out.
The remaining 1% of fuel is the hardest to get out.
Three Mile Island Unit 2 is moving into an active clean-up period known as DECON.
TMI-2 Solutions is applying to change its license to say it is decommissioning the plant by disposing of radioactive materials at a commercial site or decontaminating materials on site.
TMI Unit 1 owner Exelon Generation said a contract worker was fatally injured around 11 a.m. on Friday.
Taking down the structures will mark the beginning of the end for a fixture of the central Pennsylvania landscape.
Decommissioning company EnergySolutions agreed to work with a citizen committee after state regulators objected to accelerated plans to dismantle the site last year.
TMI-2 Solutions is one of a few companies that aim to turn a profit by dismantling nuclear sites using less money than what’s in a dedicated fund.
State environmental regulators are withdrawing their objection to a proposed license transfer for Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 reactor, after raising concerns over an accelerated decommissioning at the site.
Starting in January 2021, Exelon won’t have to maintain a 10-mile planning zone around the plant and it can end off-site radiation monitoring and regular siren tests.