Global Warming Giving Nuclear New Claim To Clean

Its core was shipped away years ago and what is left inside the containment building remains highly radioactive.

Next to it is Three Mile Island's Unit 1, now owned by Exelon Corp. and still churning out electricity. Three Mile Island would even make a fine place to build another reactor — were it not for the memory of the 1979 accident, perhaps.

"I think politically that would be difficult," Biden said.

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Gallup nuclear power poll: www.gallup.com/poll/117025/Support-Nuclear-Energy-Inches-New-High.aspx