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Three Mile Island Running Again, After Switch Problems

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Dauphin County's Three Mile Island


Three Mile Island shut down for about a day-and-a-half last week, due to “problems with a relay switch on a reactor coolant pump,” as the Patriot-News reports.
The Exelon power plant also shut down in late August, but the paper reports nuclear reglulators don’t think the two incidents are related.
More from the Patriot-News:

Three Mile Island personnel replaced the relay, installed additional monitoring capabilities and tested the pump prior to restarting it.
“We performed the necessary repairs safely and efficiently and are committed to a reliable operating cycle,” Rick Libra, TMI site vice president, said in a statement.

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