Friday, September 20, 2024

Three Mile Island Will Reopen to Power AI

Three Mile Island, the site of worst nuclear disaster in the United States, is reopening and will exclusively sell the power to Microsoft as the company searches for energy sources to fuel its AI ambitions. Constellation Energy announced Friday that its Unit 1 reactor, which closed five years ago, is expected to be revived in 2028, dependent on Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval. Microsoft will purchase the carbon-free energy produced from it to power its data centers to support artificial intelligence.

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Three Mile Island, located near Harrisburg, is best known for being the most serious accident at a commercial nuclear power plant in US history when it experienced the partial meltdown of one of its two reactors.

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So, Microsoft owns a nuclear power plant? Totally fine. Skynet hungers!

#1 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2024-09-20 01:49 PM

Stupidest policy ever to allow a functional nuclear power plant to be decommissioned without eliminating residual waste. Why eliminate needed redundant power sources without tying up all loose ends? Why allow a government too often of politicized fools controlled by lobbyists to make foolish decisions that can affect all our lives. I'm a believer in redundancy of critical infrastructure such as power plants as they are needed and should be retained. Replacing such a power plant takes a decade.

#2 | Posted by Robson at 2024-09-20 07:47 PM

Oh, this ends well.

#3 | Posted by DMTDust at 2024-09-21 01:07 PM

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