TMI shuts down, local officials predict economic hit
CLOSE LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP- The mood Friday was somber as about 50 area residents, local officials and Exelon employees looked out at the steam billowing from Three Mile Island’s towers one last time. Forty-five years since Unit 1 began operating, the Dauphin County nuclear plant closed prematurely – though it could have generated electricity for another 15 years or more, said county Commissioner Mike Pries.
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Jim Hamilton
Jim Hamilton is the Executive Director of The Nuclear Decommissioning Collaborative. Jim has over twenty-years of experience managing the entire life-cycle (siting, design, permitting, construction, closure, decommissioning, remediation and redevelopment) of large-scale manufacturing, energy and infrastructure facilities throughout North, Central and South America.