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Oh, so now nuclear power is okay? Well, duh!
Hopefully the same can happen at Indian Point in NY, such a waste that Cuomo-Hochul shuttered the two plants there.
According to a purchasing agreement between Microsoft and Constellation Energy, a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania that went offline five years ago would be reactivated. The reactor, dubbed Unit 1, is close to Unit 2, which famously experienced a partial meltdown in 1979 in an incident that cooled enthusiasm for nuclear power in the US for decades.
Pending Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval, the plant would resume operations starting in 2028 and, under a 20-year agreement, would provide energy solely to Microsoft. Constellation said in a press release that it hopes to extend operations there until at least 2054 and that the reactor would generate an additional 800 megawatts of electricity and add 3,400 jobs to the economy.
A representative for Microsoft pointed to a company blog post about the progress of the company's energy and sustainability initiatives.
Constellation says the Unit 1 reactor closed in 2019 for economic reasons and was previously generating 837 megawatts, enough to power more than 800,000 homes. The plant will be named Crane Clean Energy Center in honor of Constellation parent company Exelon's former CEO Chris Crane, who died in 2022.
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Hopefully the same can happen at Indian Point in NY, such a waste that Cuomo-Hochul shuttered the two plants there.
According to a purchasing agreement between Microsoft and Constellation Energy, a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania that went offline five years ago would be reactivated. The reactor, dubbed Unit 1, is close to Unit 2, which famously experienced a partial meltdown in 1979 in an incident that cooled enthusiasm for nuclear power in the US for decades.
Pending Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval, the plant would resume operations starting in 2028 and, under a 20-year agreement, would provide energy solely to Microsoft. Constellation said in a press release that it hopes to extend operations there until at least 2054 and that the reactor would generate an additional 800 megawatts of electricity and add 3,400 jobs to the economy.
A representative for Microsoft pointed to a company blog post about the progress of the company's energy and sustainability initiatives.
Constellation says the Unit 1 reactor closed in 2019 for economic reasons and was previously generating 837 megawatts, enough to power more than 800,000 homes. The plant will be named Crane Clean Energy Center in honor of Constellation parent company Exelon's former CEO Chris Crane, who died in 2022.
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Microsoft's AI Uses So Much Energy That It Could Bring Infamous Nuclear Plant Back Into Service
Three Mile Island, the site of the nation's most serious nuclear reactor accident, could reopen with Microsoft as its sole customer.
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