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COMMENTARY

At a time of great need, it’s time for the Legislature to liquidate its slush funds | Opinion

BY: - April 24, 2020

The Legislature, which gets an annual pay raise, can manage on a $360 million budget. Legislators should use their reserve funds to combat the  pandemic.

Anti-nuclear activists cry foul over Exelon’s request to use TMI decommissioning dollars for waste storage

BY: - April 25, 2019

The owner of Three Mile Island in Dauphin County is asking the feds for permission to use a decommissioning nest egg to pay for keeping nuclear waste safe, drawing the ire of anti-nuclear activists. Exelon Corporation, a Chicago-based energy producer, has requested federal approval to use dollars set aside to help safely close TMI, just […]

COMMENTARY

Three Mile Island at 40: ‘We were told a nuclear accident was as likely as a meteor falling from the sky’

BY: - March 25, 2019

With the 40th anniversary this week of America's worst nuclear accident, survivors and experts discuss its legacy - and the ongoing public policy challenges it poses.

COMMENTARY

How many times are we going to bailout Three Mile Island? | Opinion

BY: - February 16, 2019

If consumers already paid to build Pennsylvania’s nuclear plants, and then paid off the debt on the nuclear plants, why does Three Mile Island need yet another bailout?