Three Mile Island

(Newser) - The site of the worst nuclear reactor accident in US history has been dormant for five years. That's about to change, thanks in large part to Microsoft and its booming electricity needs. Constellation Energy on Friday announced the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, which infamously suffered a partial meltdown...

(Newser) - The name has cast a shadow over the prospects of nuclear energy in the US for decades: Three Mile Island. But it appears that the mothballed nuclear plant in Pennsylvania—site of the worst nuclear accident in US history in 1979—might be back in business in the not-too-distant future....