The Unit 1 reactor on Three Mile Island, which closed in 2019, is adjacent to the Unit 2 reactor that experienced a major nuclear power accident in 1979 A newly-announced Microsoft deal would ...

[Advertisement] Jim Lounsbury: A simple mechanical accident at 4:00 in the morning last March at Three Mile Island touched off the worst accident in the history of American nuclear power.

On April 1, Thornburgh accompanied President Jimmy Carter on a tour of Three Mile Island. The outcome of the accident was still uncertain, but Thornburgh and Carter knew that their appearance ...