First, worldwide demand for power is projected to soar in coming years -- as much as 18% by 2050, according to McKinsey -- due to the emergence of power-hungry data centers and artificial intelligence ...

Nearly half a century has passed since the partial nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island which shook the commonwealth and the ...

The shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, located in the middle of the Susquehanna River, in Middletown, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 16, 2024. (Heather Khalifa/Bloomberg via Getty Images ...

The shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, located in the middle of the Susquehanna River, in Middletown, Pennsylvania, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024.

The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant could restart as soon as 2027 – a year ahead of its original reopening date of 2028 – but with a key difference compared to its former life.

Not only would nuclear power quiet submarines that could operate underwater for months at a time while ready to strike from ...

Although it has long triggered fears of meltdowns and radioactive waste, nuclear power is considered an 'extremely safe,' ...

Attendees offered polarized views, with some concerned about the potential of another failure like the one in 1979, or the ...

Accidents like the one at Three Mile Island make it difficult for nuclear power facilities to present themselves as clean and safe, even though they do not generate planet-warming greenhouse gases.

In the shadow of Three Mile Island’s iconic cooling towers, state Rep. Tom Mehaffie recalled Wednesday how his father, 50 years earlier, built a career and a life around the nuclear power plant.