US Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioned to Decommission September 21 22:06
Forty years ago, the three-mile island nuclear power plant that caused the worst nuclear accident in American history was shut down due to poor profits, and the reactor was shut down on the 20th.
At the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, eastern United States, the worst nuclear accident in American history occurred in 1979 when the nuclear fuel melted down at Unit 2 and radioactive materials leaked out.
After that, the Unit 1 on the same site continued to operate, but the company that operated the nuclear power plant decided to decommission it as the profitability deteriorated due to competition with other energy. Has stopped operating.
In the United States, after the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake, the cost of the new safety enhancement measures has come to be, and the profitability of the nuclear power plant has deteriorated due to the decline in energy prices, and the decision on decommissioning has been made. One after another.
The three-mile island nuclear power plant will be dismantled in the future, but the decommissioning will take 60 years and cost over 100 billion yen.