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Three Mile Island nuclear reactor to restart to power Microsoft AI operations: The Guardian
A nuclear reactor at the notorious Three Mile Island site in Pennsylvania is to be activated for the first time in five years after its owners, Constellation Energy, struck a deal to provide power to Microsoft’s proliferating artificial intelligence operations.
The plant was the location of the most serious nuclear meltdown and radiation leak in US history, in March 1979 when the loss of water coolant through a faulty valve caused the Unit 2 reactor to overheat.
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Although the number one plant they are talking about is totally separate and independent from the failed number 2 unit,
Unit one operated without incident from 1974 until 2019, when it was closed due to being uneconomic,



