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Nuclear power industry feeling the renewables pinch | Image: Z22, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

The future of Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station (TMI) is in doubt after again failing to get a guernsey in an important electricity auction.<\/p>\n

Last week, Exelon Corporation announced<\/a> TMI did not clear in the latest PJM capacity auction, placing it at risk of early retirement. TMI did not clear in the past three PJM base residual auctions.<\/p>\n

PJM Interconnection controls power in parts of 13 US states and the recent auction would have guaranteed the sale of TMI’s electricity in 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n

According to LancasterOnline<\/a>, electricity generated by natural gas and subsidised wind and solar power sources are increasingly eating the nuclear power industry’s lunch. The TMI plant has lost USD $300 million over the last eight years<\/p>\n

TMI’s Unit 1 reactor (TMI-1) started commercial operations on September 2, 1974 and is licensed to operate until April 19, 2034. However, it has been reported that without the support of subsidies or a price on carbon, the challenging environment could see it shuttered in two years.<\/p>\n

Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident<\/h2>\n

Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station was the site of the most serious accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant operating history.<\/p>\n

The Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) reactor partially melted down<\/a> on March 28, 1979, just over a year after it commenced commercial operations – and has been closed ever since. Prior to the accident that would seal its fate, the reactor had shut down twelve times<\/a> due to issues with feedwater.<\/p>\n

The Other Nuclear Power Threat<\/h2>\n

While safety may have improved in U.S. nuclear power plant operation as a result of the TMI event, another serious risk has been growing.<\/p>\n

Princeton University and Union of Concerned Scientist (UCS) researchers say U.S. nuclear regulators have greatly underestimated the potential for a nuclear power related disaster<\/a> through the occurrence of a catastrophic nuclear-waste fire at any one of dozens of reactor sites across the country.<\/p>\n

Such an incident could result in millions of residents in surrounding communities having to relocate for years.<\/p>\n

UCS has previously stated widespread adoption of solar power<\/a> and other renewables is a crucial step to forestalling the worst effects of climate change, cutting electricity bills for consumers and building a more resilient grid.<\/p>\n

Nuclear power is falling out of favour in some countries, triggered in part by 2011’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster<\/a>. Last week we reported Swiss voters had endorsed a government plan that will see a major boost to renewables and nuclear power phased out<\/a> in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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