nuclear accident

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Microsoft in 2024 struck a deal with power producer Constellation Energy to restart the undamaged reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, the site of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

"Neither side would benefit from a nuclear accident, and I am in constant contact with them to enable the rapid restoration of the connection," Grossi has said.

From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025

The movie’s theatrical release occurred less than two weeks before the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025

Or a substantial cockroach-like robot, off on a little trip to check out a nuclear accident, wearing a cute little backpack, fearless, regardless of what the Geiger counter says.

From Salon • May 13, 2025

If they’re released during a nuclear accident, the same neutrons that ping around inside the nuclear reactor breaking apart uranium atoms can careen through a worker’s body.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland