The infamous plant, closed since 2019, is getting a new lease on life after Microsoft agreed to buy its electricity to supply a growing fleet of data centers.
Category: Nuclear Energy
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How Bad Is A.I. for the Climate?
Tech giants are building power-hungry data centers to run their artificial intelligence tools. The costs of that demand surge are becoming clearer.
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U.S. Approves $1.5 Billion Loan to Restart Michigan Nuclear Plant
The conditional loan from the Energy Department is part of a broad effort to revive the use of nuclear energy in the United States.
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Why Britain Is Struggling With Nuclear Power
The government wants more nuclear plants to help tackle climate change, but delays and soaring costs are complicating the effort.
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Why Britain Is Struggling With Nuclear Power
The government wants more nuclear plants to help tackle climate change, but delays and soaring costs are complicating the effort.
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Nuclear Energy Project in Idaho Is Canceled
The project that NuScale Power and Western energy companies had developed struggled to attract enough utility customers.
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Nuclear Energy Project in Idaho Is Canceled
Technical challenges, higher costs and rising interest rates hurt the project that NuScale Power and Western utilities had developed.
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Chasing Big Mergers, Oil Executives Dismiss Peak Oil Concerns
Exxon Mobil and Chevron are spending tens of billions of dollars buying oil and gas assets, betting that the International Energy Agency’s predictions of declining oil demand are wrong.
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Seafood Is Safe After Fukushima Discharge, But Some Won’t Eat It
Sushi is among several shunned foods as Japan dumps treated radioactive water into the Pacific. Experts say the fear is irrational but understandable.
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How Europe’s Electric Grid Is Coping With the Heat
Greater energy efficiency and renewables are easing some of the pressure from air-conditioning.
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A.I. or Nuclear Weapons: Can You Tell These Quotes Apart?
Many experts on artificial intelligence are warning of its potential dangers and calling for regulation, just as others once did with the atomic bomb.
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‘Nuclear Now’ Review: Oliver Stone Makes the Case for Power Plants
The director’s new documentary considers our complicated relationship to nuclear energy and argues that it is our best hope against climate change.