The Nation - News from Oct. 10, 1985
The Unit 1 reactor at Three Mile Island, near Harrisburg, Pa., reached 15% power and began generating electricity for the first time since nuclear fuel melted in a 1979 accident at adjacent Unit 2, the plant’s operator said. The unit’s turbine-generator went “on line” at 4:02 a.m., when it was connected to a regional power grid serving Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey, said GPU Nuclear Corp. At that point, Unit 1 was producing enough power for 50,000 to 60,000 households.
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