Last fall, there were major traffic headaches throughout western Lancaster County when generators headed from Maryland to Three Mile Island went through the area.
Get ready for some more traffic problems but not to the extent as the ones in the fall when out-of-service generators are moved from Three Mile Island to North Carolina.The generator move, which will cause Route 441 to be closed through Marietta into Columbia to be closed, it not nearly as massive as the ones in the fall.
The generator being moved is from the Unit 2 reactor at TMI, which has been out of service since the 1979 nuclear meltdown at the island.
There is no radiation contained within the generator, which will be moved in two parts weighing 670 tons each. The generators will be moved to the Progress Energy’s Harris Nuclear Plant in North Carolina.
A generator in storage for more than three decades after the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is heading to North Carolina.
Unlike the fall move, which called for special construction of bridges and overpasses, this one will follow main roads and actually cross the Wright’s Ferry Bridge between Columbia and Wrightsville. Proceeds across Route 30 to Route 24 and through Red Lion into northern Maryland.
Detour signs have already been posted for the move, which will happen in the next two weeks.
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