Constellation, Microsoft Want to Restart Three Mile Island to Power Data Centers

September 24, 2024--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--As a wave of pro-nuclear sentiment grips the U.S. as the country seeks to provide reliable electric generation with minimal emissions, a recent proposal envisions the restart of one of the reactors of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, the site of the U.S.' worst nuclear accident.

Late last week, Constellation Energy Corporation (NYSE:CEG) (Baltimore, Maryland) announced that it had signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) (Redmond, Washington) for power from Three Mile Island's Unit 1, which was not involved with the partial meltdown suffered at the plant in 1979.