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Constellation Energy plans to invest $1.6B to revive the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania and sell all the output to Microsoft for AI energy demands. (www.cnbc.com)

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Three Mile Island was the worst nuclear accident in US history. Was mainly caused by poor design of human feedback systems which caused operational confusion and lead to a catastrophic failure.

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[-] [email protected] 40 points 3 days ago

If/when the ai hype train crashes, it would already be online and therefore a good argument can be made to redirect the power to the grid instead of the then-defunct project

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

That's true, but this reactor had been operating for decades, until 2019. Methane was too cheap (and didn't have to pay for its waste) and made it unprofitable, so they stopped. Presumably the price MS is willing to lock in at makes it profitable for them again. I assume they predict prices going up or they're getting it cheap.

Keep in mind, MS has only signed an agreement to buy 100% of the output, not the reactor itself.

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