This was the most serious accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant operating history.
Its aftermath had brought about sweeping changes that had involved an emergency response planning, reactor operator training, human factors engineering, radiation protection, and many other areas of nuclear power plant operations.
The TMI-2 reactor was permanently shut down and all its fuel had been removed. The reactor coolant system was fully drained and the radioactive water decontaminated and evaporated. The accident's radioactive waste was shipped off-site to an appropriate disposal area, and the reactor fuel and core debris was shipped to the Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory.
A vigil was held outside the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Londonderry Township to observe the 35th anniversary of the accident that caused a near meltdown at the plant.
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