Good news, everyone! The Three Mile Island power plant, site of the worst nuclear disaster in US history, is being restarted to power AI for Microsoft! [Press release; Washington Post, archive; Blo…
If it was cheaper than the current premium, I expect that the plant would still be in operation, however as I don’t know the numbers so it must be worthwhile.
Constellation Energy shut down the Unit 1 reactor in 2019 — not the one that melted down in 1979, the other one — because it wasn’t economical. Inflation Reduction Act tax breaks made it viable again
If it was cheaper than the current premium, I expect that the plant would still be in operation, however as I don’t know the numbers so it must be worthwhile.
almost like it was literally in the article