There has been some questions on tours of Chernobyl nuclear disaster site I was wondering if the same was possible for the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant?
I did find a visitor's center but no info on whether the plant itself can be visited.
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1A 2012 article suggests tours are conducted, but note that Three Mile Island is still a functioning power station, and not a museum. – choster Feb 04 '14 at 15:40
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2@choster Up until recently Chernobyl was a functioning power plant too but in "slightly different" juristiction. – Karlson Feb 04 '14 at 15:43
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Three Mile Island is also not a disaster site. – Krist van Besien Feb 05 '14 at 14:15
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@KristvanBesien No. Just a site of a nuclear reactor accident. – Karlson Feb 05 '14 at 21:01
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To be fair, you can't visit the Chernobyl plant itself either. You can get within 400m (I have the photos to prove it), but that's as close as you're permitted. – Mark Mayo Feb 14 '14 at 03:32
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Not really. It's still a functioning power plant, and as such there are safety concerns with letting people explore a place.
There is a Three Miles Island Visitors Center, which has exhibits and video displays.
The company which operates the plant, Exelon, has their Three Miles page online as well.
A journalist for Bloomberg was taken on a tour, however, that may have been a press tour only. You could try contacting the visitors center and/or Exelon and see if there's a press tour or similar which you may be able to join.
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