January 31, 2025
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AI’s Energy Demands Threaten a Nuclear Waste Nightmare
Reviving nuclear power plants to power AI threatens an avalanche of nuclear waste
Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania was shutdown following the partial meltdown of its Unit 2 reactor (TMI-2) on March 28, 1979.
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Long in decline, the U.S. nuclear industry is hoping for resurrection at…
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ais-energy-demands-threaten-a-nuclear-waste-nightmare/
