How the AI boom is reviving Three Mile Island
Microsoft and Constellation Energy plan to restart a reactor at the site of the worst nuclear disaster in US history
Behind the Money · Manuela Saragosa
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Show Notes
Tech companies such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft need loads of electricity to power their artificial intelligence goals, and they are looking into all options, including nuclear power, to achieve them. That’s why Microsoft has partnered with a utility company to restart a reactor at Three Mile Island, the site of the worst nuclear disaster in US history. The FT's US energy editor Jamie Smyth explains what challenges lie ahead with a 2028 deadline looming.
Clips from CBS News, ABC News, WNEP
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For further reading:
Restart of Three Mile Island tests US appetite for nuclear revival
Resurgent US electricity demand sparks power grid warnings
Big Tech’s dash for nuclear power
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