The Palo Verde nuclear power plant in Maricopa county, Arizona. Photo: United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Birds fly over the water outside the South Texas Nuclear Power Plant. Photo: United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The Peach Bottom nuclear power plant is located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Photo: United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant is located on the Tennessee River near Decatur and Athens, Alabama, on the north side of Wheeler Lake. Photo: United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
When the Browns Ferry nuclear plant opened in 1974, its three boiling-water reactors were the first in the world capable of producing more than 1,000 megawatts of power. Photo: United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Steam rises from two of the four cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant. Getty Images
The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is seen from Royalton, Pennsylvania. Reuters
An aerial view of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in 1979. MPI / Getty Images
The Palo Verde nuclear plant in Arizona. Photo: Craig Adamson
The Palo Verde nuclear power plant in Maricopa county, Arizona. Photo: United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Birds fly over the water outside the South Texas Nuclear Power Plant. Photo: United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The Peach Bottom nuclear power plant is located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Photo: United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant is located on the Tennessee River near Decatur and Athens, Alabama, on the north side of Wheeler Lake. Photo: United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
When the Browns Ferry nuclear plant opened in 1974, its three boiling-water reactors were the first in the world capable of producing more than 1,000 megawatts of power. Photo: United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Steam rises from two of the four cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant. Getty Images
The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is seen from Royalton, Pennsylvania. Reuters
An aerial view of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in 1979. MPI / Getty Images
The Palo Verde nuclear plant in Arizona. Photo: Craig Adamson
The Palo Verde nuclear power plant in Maricopa county, Arizona. Photo: United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
