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✍️ The nuclear power industry in the US has faced significant challenges since the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island in 1979, with many reactors closing and only a few new ones opening.
👉 Partial meltdown at Three Mile Island in 1979 marked a turning point for the nuclear power industry
👉 Over a dozen US reactors have closed in the past two decades
👉 Only three new US reactors have come online in the past two decades
👉 The site of America's worst nuclear accident may be the site of its rebirth

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After World War II, nuclear power was heralded as the future of energy. Then the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island in 1979 marked a turning point and solidified opposition. In two decades, a dozen U.S. reactors have closed and only three have come online. But the site of America’s worst nuclear accident may now be the site of its rebirth. William Brangham reports for our series, Tipping Point.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/site-of-americas-worst-nuclear-accident-gets-new-chance-to-become-energy-hub