Four decades after meltdown, Three Mile Island remains symbol of nuclear hazards

Dobresum/iStock(HARRISBURG, Pa.) — The four cooling silos still loom over Three Mile Island, each rising nearly 400 feet above Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River as a constant reminder of both the potential of clean energy and the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history. Thursday marks the 40th anniversary of the partial meltdown of one of the …

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