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Takeaways From Three Mile Island

Takeaways From Three Mile Island
The Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant is seen in the early morning hours of March 28, 2011 in Middletown, Pa. Jeff Fusco/Getty Images
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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On Sept. 20, the notorious Three Mile Island (TMI) Nuclear Generating Station in Middletown, Pennsylvania, generated its last kilowatt of electrical energy. Exelon Generation, the operating company, closed TMI for economic reasons.

Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
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