Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant to Reopen?

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I didn’t read the NYT article but in another article it mentioned that the power generated from the restarted reactor would be all sold to Microsoft. It’s incredible that data centers need that much electricity!
 
Yeah, I should have added that key point:

“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.”

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So centuries of nuclear waste to feed data centers and AI.
 
Fantastic news. I really think using renewables where you can , nuclear where you can't and natural gas for standby power is the way to go right now to lower our carbon footprint.

Safety is an issue and we should start updating designs, even though it's going to cost a whole lot, but nuclear waste as an issue is very much overblown.
 
I didn’t read the NYT article but in another article it mentioned that the power generated from the restarted reactor would be all sold to Microsoft. It’s incredible that data centers need that much electricity!
Interesting considering Gates has pledged $1 Billion to a new nuclear reactor in Wyoming.
 
Yeah, I should have added that key point:

“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.”

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So centuries of nuclear waste to feed data centers and AI.
The AI will figure out how to used the waste.
 
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Reddit links weird, but I couldn't find it on YouTube.
 
Fantastic news. I really think using renewables where you can , nuclear where you can't and natural gas for standby power is the way to go right now to lower our carbon footprint.

Safety is an issue and we should start updating designs, even though it's going to cost a whole lot, but nuclear waste as an issue is very much overblown.
Any proposals as to where we should store the additional nuclear waste?
 
Interesting considering Gates has pledged $1 Billion to a new nuclear reactor in Wyoming.
The design he is supporting uses a different medium than water for absorbing and transferring heat. The idea is that even if the nuclear reaction can't be stopped, the pressure can't build up to a point that a pressure explosion happens which is what would have happened at three mile island if they hadn't released some radioactive steam.
 
Serious question: why can’t we just launch nuclear waste into the sun? Cost?
 
Serious question: why can’t we just launch nuclear waste into the sun? Cost?
I think the issue is not every rocket makes it into space. If one carrying nuclear waste were to explode I assume that would be catastrophic.
 
I think the issue is not every rocket makes it into space. If one carrying nuclear waste were to explode I assume that would be catastrophic.
There is no safe way to transport nuclear waste - hence why Yucca Mountain was NIMBY-ed to death. If you could solve the waste storage problem, nuclear would be a viable interim transition option.
 
There is no safe way to transport nuclear waste - hence why Yucca Mountain was NIMBY-ed to death. If you could solve the waste storage problem, nuclear would be a viable interim transition option.
Correct. The waste and what to do with it is the quandary. Well that and meltdowns. I do think France has gotten pretty good at recycling the waste but there is no current process to eliminate all radioactive byproduct.
 
There is no safe way to transport nuclear waste - hence why Yucca Mountain was NIMBY-ed to death. If you could solve the waste storage problem, nuclear would be a viable interim transition option.
Reminds me of the discussions/theories surrounding how to mark waste for future generations to countinue understanding what it is and how dangerous it is.

 
Any proposals as to where we should store the additional nuclear waste?

On site. It's almost nothing, it's already in a secure location and you don't need to transport it across the country.

This is 25 years of nuclear waste at two older style reactors. The newer ones make even less waste.

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On site. It's almost nothing, it's already in a secure location and you don't need to transport it across the country.

This is 25 years of nuclear waste at two older style reactors. The newer ones make even less waste.

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On site storage is what we currently do with all nuclear waste. As you surely know, there are huge risks with onsite storage.
 
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