Basic Facts:
- Location: Londonderry Township, Pennsylvania
- Owner: Energy Solutions
- Operator: Constellation Energy Company
- Construction Cost: $3.0B (2018$)
- Plant Output: 910 MW
- Property Size: 810 acres
- Status: DECON
- Current DTF Balance: $800M (2018$)
- Decommissioning Cost Estimate: $1.3B (2018$)
- Spent Nuclear Fuel on Site: None
Background
Three Mile Island Unit 2 was a 910 MW pressurized water reactor located on the shores of the Susquehanna River. Unit 1 construction began in 1969 and the facility began commercial operations in 1978. In 1979, a malfunction of the cooling system caused a partial meltdown of the reactor core and Unit 2 is no longer operational. Unit 2’s nuclear fuel has been transported to Idaho National Labs and the plant has been decontaminated as necessary and stabilized. Further decommissioning of Unit 2 is anticipated to take place in concert with decommissioning of Unit 1.
Socioeconomics
Three Mile Island is located within Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. As of 2016:
- Population: 280,000
- Per Capita Annual Income: $49,000
- Unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted): 4.5%
Contact Information
Economic Development Administration Representative:
- Christopher Casper, Philadelphia Regional Office, t: (215) 597-1074, e: [email protected]
University Center
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Kimberly Conway, Project Manager, t: (301) 415-1335, e: [email protected]
- Three Mile Island Unit 2
Unless specific costing information has been provided, decommissioning costs were derived from 2017 Decommissioning Funding Status Report.
Information herein obtained from public sources. Corrections are welcome and may be directed to [email protected].
Additional Information
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