Three Mile Island’s Unit 1 reactor closed last year, but Pennsylvania remains the second largest generator of nuclear energy in the country. Only Illinois produces more.

Three Mile Island’s final power generator is closing next month, affecting 112 Exelon Generating Company employees.

Exelon Generation is asking the federal nuclear regulators for permission to use funds set aside for shutting down Three Mile Island to build storage facilities for nuclear waste.

Renewable energy experts say a proposal to assist Pennsylvania’s nuclear industry is focused on an outmoded technology at a time when the state should be boosting renewables such as wind and solar. That, at least, is the consensus of experts in the renewable energy field