The Nation - News from Sept. 8, 1985

A fire broke out at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania, damaging electrical switches at Unit 1 but presenting no danger to plant workers, a spokesman said. Plant operators doused the fire in the relay room minutes after an alarm, the spokesman said. Unit 1 was undamaged when the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history crippled its twin in 1979. Although the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted permission to restart the Unit 1 reactor, it has remained shut while the state and several groups appeal the ruling. The cause of the fire has not been determined.