The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 53 - 9/29/2024

The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau is the new, statewide Public Affairs program airing on all of the Seven Mountains Media Pennsylvania radio stations.  On this episode, Laura speaks with Eric Epstein, former Chairman of Three Mile Island Alert about the proposed restart of the Unit-1 nuclear reactor on Three Mile Island.  A deal made headlines across the nation last week, when parent company Constellation Energy announced they were restarting the shuttered facility and would sell all the energy generated from the plant for Microsoft, to fuel their AI needs.  What are the implications of this deal to Pennsylvania?  In the PA-mazing segment is the City of Bethlehem, PA.  In July, they were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its Moravian settlements.  Hear how the Lehigh Valley city made this remarkable accomplishment happen.