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Microsoft wants Three Mile Island to be a fuel source
Microsoft has announced a 20-year deal to buy electricity from the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, which was shut down after the world’s worst nuclear accident in 1996. The company said that it will pay Constellation Energy around 8,100 crore ($11.3 billion) over 20 years for the power. This is the largest power purchase deal…
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Paper under review won’t be reject by eLife.
A report by the US’ National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has claimed that al-Qaeda had considered crashing planes into the US’ Three Mile Island nuclear facility. The report suggested improved fuel pool designs and prompt transfer of fuel to dry storage. The Three Mile Island incident took place in February 1986 after a…