US Is Reviving Shuttered Nuclear Plants to Meet Growing Electricity Demand and to Power Data Centers
The plan would restore 2.25 gigawatts of carbon-free electricity and support contracts with Microsoft and Google for data centers.
- The Department of Energy is lending up to $4.4 billion to restart three shuttered nuclear plants—Palisades Power Plant in Michigan, Crane Clean Energy Center in Pennsylvania, and Duane Arnold Energy Center in Iowa—to restore 2.25 gigawatts of electricity.
- All three plants previously ceased operations because their electricity production was considered too expensive. Officials now prioritize these restarts to bolster energy security and meet rising data center demand for carbon-free power.
- Last week, Deputy Energy Secretary James Danly toured a facility following a $1 billion loan. University of Michigan engineering professor Todd Allen compared restarting a decommissioned plant to "restoring a car that sat idle for a few years."
- Big Tech companies are paying a premium for carbon-free energy through long-term contracts. Microsoft has committed to the Crane Clean Energy Center, while Google is collaborating with NextEra Energy to restart Duane Arnold by early 2029.
- Critics including Jack Spencer of The Heritage Foundation argue taxpayer funds should not support these restarts, calling it a "worse use of taxpayer money." Nuclear safety expert Edwin Lyman at the Union of Concerned Scientists urges prioritizing safety upgrades for aging U.S. plants.
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US is reviving shuttered nuclear plants to meet growing electricity demand and to power data centers
The United States is making an unprecedented attempt to revive three shuttered nuclear plants to meet rising energy demand, including from large-scale data centers.
US is reviving shuttered nuclear plants to meet growing electricity de
The United States is making an unprecedented attempt to revive three shuttered nuclear plants to meet rising energy demand, including from large-scale data centers. No commercial nuclear reactor is known to have resumed generating electricity after beginning the decommissioning process that takes one out of service, though some reactors have restarted after long outages. The Department of Energy is lending as much as $4.4 billion to restart the …
US reviving shuttered nuclear plants to meet growing electricity demand, power data centers
The United States is making an unprecedented attempt to revive three shuttered nuclear plants to meet growing demand, especially from data centers. That includes one in Michigan.
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