News Facts Network - Three Mile Island to Reopen as Crane Clean Energy Center in $16B Microsoft Deal

News Facts Network - Three Mile Island to Reopen as Crane Clean Energy Center in $16B Microsoft Deal

Three Mile Island, site of the 1979 partial nuclear meltdown, is set to reopen under a $16 billion deal between Constellation Energy and Microsoft. The revived plant, now called the Crane Clean Energy Center, will power Microsoft’s AI data centers with 835 megawatts of carbon-free electricity. State officials, including Gov. Josh Shapiro, and energy executives…

Microsoft describes Three Mile Island plant as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Constellation Energy plans to restart Unit 1 of the former Three Mile Island nuclear power plant as the Crane Clean Energy Center. (Peter Hall/Capital-Star)In the shadow of Three Mile Island’s iconic cooling towers, state Rep. Tom Mehaffie recalled Wednesday how his father, 50 years earlier, built a career and a life around the nuclear power plant.  “When Constellation left and this plant shut down, a lot was missed,” Mehaffie said, noting the f…

PA Nuclear Plant Re-Starting

(Harrisburg, PA) — The site of the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history will be roaring back to life soon. The last working nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania will soon start generating power for Microsoft under a 20-year agreement.  Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro toured the reactor on Wednesday, saying the move will create jobs in the state by bolstering energy production. In 1979, a partial melt…

Three Mile Island Poised to Deliver Nuclear Power Ahead of Plan