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AI Is Bringing Dead Nuclear Plants Back to Life
The AI boom has become so power-hungry tha…
#Nuclear ##Spotlight #aiboom #aiinfrastructure #Amazon #artificialintelligence #CloudComputing #ConstellationEnergy #data-centres #electricitydemand #energycrisis #FutureofAI #google #industrialrevolution #Microsoft #nigelpereira #nuclear #NUCLEARENERGY #nuclearrevival #powergrids #Sci-TechNews #smallmodularreactors #technologyindustry #THREEMILEISLAND #USAEnergyPolicy
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Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Set to Restart Amid Booming AI Power Demand
In a landmark move signaling a nuclear renaissance driven by surging artificial intelligence and data center energy needs,…
#Nuclear #ConstellationEnergy #nuclear #Pennsylvania #THREEMILEISLAND
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As one unit at #ThreeMileIsland eyes restart, decommission of other stalls
"March 28 1979, Unit 2 experienced partial core #meltdown due to cooling failure.. At the time of #accident, te failure of a pressure valve to close allowed cooling water to escape as steam, with #nuclear fuel ultimately melting in te overheated reactor core. When operators reintroduced water, #radioactive material spread thru . other buildings.. EnergySol'ns plans to remove #contaminants by 2029"🤦♂️
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As one unit at #ThreeMileIsland eyes restart, decommission of other stalls
"March 28 1979, Unit 2 experienced partial core #meltdown due to cooling failure.. At the time of #accident, te failure of a pressure valve to close allowed cooling water to escape as steam, with #nuclear fuel ultimately melting in te overheated reactor core. When operators reintroduced water, #radioactive material spread thru . other buildings.. EnergySol'ns plans to remove #contaminants by 2029"🤦♂️
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@enigma Ja, ich muss auch immer wieder tief Luft holen bei dem ganzen Thema. Vor allem wie komplett verblendet und verstrahlt es heute wieder und wieder und immer noch schöngelogen wird.
a) Ja, Three Mile Island wird auch Harrisburg genannt, weil es gleich daneben liegt.
b) Als drittgrößte Kernenergie-Katastrophe wird schon seit längerem Mayak/Kyshtym/Ozyorsk/Karachay eingestuft:
- http://www.atomunfall.de/1957-Majak-Kyschtym-Sowjetunion.shtml
- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyschtym-Unfall
- https://uisjournal.com/majak-nuclear-accident-the-most-serious-in-history-after-chernobyl-and-fukushima/
- https://hibakusha-worldwide.org/en/locations/mayakkyschtym
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollution_of_Lake_Karachay
#Mayak #Kyshtym #Ozyorsk #Karachay #Kernenergie #Atomenergie #Tschernobyl #Fukushima #Harrisburg #ThreeMileIsland
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@enigma Ja, ich muss auch immer wieder tief Luft holen bei dem ganzen Thema. Vor allem wie komplett verblendet und verstrahlt es heute wieder und wieder und immer noch schöngelogen wird.
a) Ja, Three Mile Island wird auch Harrisburg genannt, weil es gleich daneben liegt.
b) Als drittgrößte Kernenergie-Katastrophe wird schon seit längerem Mayak/Kyshtym/Ozyorsk/Karachay eingestuft:
- http://www.atomunfall.de/1957-Majak-Kyschtym-Sowjetunion.shtml
- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyschtym-Unfall
- https://uisjournal.com/majak-nuclear-accident-the-most-serious-in-history-after-chernobyl-and-fukushima/
- https://hibakusha-worldwide.org/en/locations/mayakkyschtym
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollution_of_Lake_Karachay
#Mayak #Kyshtym #Ozyorsk #Karachay #Kernenergie #Atomenergie #Tschernobyl #Fukushima #Harrisburg #ThreeMileIsland
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@enigma Ja, ich muss auch immer wieder tief Luft holen bei dem ganzen Thema. Vor allem wie komplett verblendet und verstrahlt es heute wieder und wieder und immer noch schöngelogen wird.
a) Ja, Three Mile Island wird auch Harrisburg genannt, weil es gleich daneben liegt.
b) Als drittgrößte Kernenergie-Katastrophe wird schon seit längerem Mayak/Kyshtym/Ozyorsk/Karachay eingestuft:
- http://www.atomunfall.de/1957-Majak-Kyschtym-Sowjetunion.shtml
- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyschtym-Unfall
- https://uisjournal.com/majak-nuclear-accident-the-most-serious-in-history-after-chernobyl-and-fukushima/
- https://hibakusha-worldwide.org/en/locations/mayakkyschtym
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollution_of_Lake_Karachay
#Mayak #Kyshtym #Ozyorsk #Karachay #Kernenergie #Atomenergie #Tschernobyl #Fukushima #Harrisburg #ThreeMileIsland
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@enigma Ja, ich muss auch immer wieder tief Luft holen bei dem ganzen Thema. Vor allem wie komplett verblendet und verstrahlt es heute wieder und wieder und immer noch schöngelogen wird.
a) Ja, Three Mile Island wird auch Harrisburg genannt, weil es gleich daneben liegt.
b) Als drittgrößte Kernenergie-Katastrophe wird schon seit längerem Mayak/Kyshtym/Ozyorsk/Karachay eingestuft:
- http://www.atomunfall.de/1957-Majak-Kyschtym-Sowjetunion.shtml
- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyschtym-Unfall
- https://uisjournal.com/majak-nuclear-accident-the-most-serious-in-history-after-chernobyl-and-fukushima/
- https://hibakusha-worldwide.org/en/locations/mayakkyschtym
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollution_of_Lake_Karachay
#Mayak #Kyshtym #Ozyorsk #Karachay #Kernenergie #Atomenergie #Tschernobyl #Fukushima #Harrisburg #ThreeMileIsland
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@enigma Ja, ich muss auch immer wieder tief Luft holen bei dem ganzen Thema. Vor allem wie komplett verblendet und verstrahlt es heute wieder und wieder und immer noch schöngelogen wird.
a) Ja, Three Mile Island wird auch Harrisburg genannt, weil es gleich daneben liegt.
b) Als drittgrößte Kernenergie-Katastrophe wird schon seit längerem Mayak/Kyshtym/Ozyorsk/Karachay eingestuft:
- http://www.atomunfall.de/1957-Majak-Kyschtym-Sowjetunion.shtml
- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyschtym-Unfall
- https://uisjournal.com/majak-nuclear-accident-the-most-serious-in-history-after-chernobyl-and-fukushima/
- https://hibakusha-worldwide.org/en/locations/mayakkyschtym
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollution_of_Lake_Karachay
#Mayak #Kyshtym #Ozyorsk #Karachay #Kernenergie #Atomenergie #Tschernobyl #Fukushima #Harrisburg #ThreeMileIsland
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Pas la première fois qu'on revient dessus, mais à chaque fois c'est la sidération. C'était pas le premier et ce ne fut, malheureusement pas le dernier accident nucléaire. Capitalistes et bolcheviques ont détruit des milliers de vies, humaines et non humaines. Bousillés autant d'hectares de terres. Et aujourd'hui encore y a des partisans de cette saloperie de nucléaire #NucleaireNonMerci #tchernobyl #fukushima #threemileisland https://youtu.be/nNFKMte0mXQ?is=D8D8waL7pSmimdsA
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Vor 46 Jahren ereignete sich im US-Kernkraftwerk #ThreeMileIsland ein sogenannter Ernster Unfall. Auf der #INES-Skala für die Schwere des Ereignisses erreichte er die Stufe 5. Radioaktive Gase und verunreinigtes Wasser gelangten in geringen Mengen in die Umwelt.
Was damals genau geschehen ist, erfahrt ihr hier:
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Vor 46 Jahren ereignete sich im US-Kernkraftwerk #ThreeMileIsland ein sogenannter Ernster Unfall. Auf der #INES-Skala für die Schwere des Ereignisses erreichte er die Stufe 5. Radioaktive Gase und verunreinigtes Wasser gelangten in geringen Mengen in die Umwelt.
Was damals genau geschehen ist, erfahrt ihr hier:
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Vor 46 Jahren ereignete sich im US-Kernkraftwerk #ThreeMileIsland ein sogenannter Ernster Unfall. Auf der #INES-Skala für die Schwere des Ereignisses erreichte er die Stufe 5. Radioaktive Gase und verunreinigtes Wasser gelangten in geringen Mengen in die Umwelt.
Was damals genau geschehen ist, erfahrt ihr hier:
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Vor 46 Jahren ereignete sich im US-Kernkraftwerk #ThreeMileIsland ein sogenannter Ernster Unfall. Auf der #INES-Skala für die Schwere des Ereignisses erreichte er die Stufe 5. Radioaktive Gase und verunreinigtes Wasser gelangten in geringen Mengen in die Umwelt.
Was damals genau geschehen ist, erfahrt ihr hier:
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Vor 46 Jahren ereignete sich im US-Kernkraftwerk #ThreeMileIsland ein sogenannter Ernster Unfall. Auf der #INES-Skala für die Schwere des Ereignisses erreichte er die Stufe 5. Radioaktive Gase und verunreinigtes Wasser gelangten in geringen Mengen in die Umwelt.
Was damals genau geschehen ist, erfahrt ihr hier:
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@NuclearDisorder Man hatte damals so einen Dusel ... In der Grafik TMI-2-Reaktordruckgefäß mit zusammengeschmolzenen Einbauten und "Brennstoff" > #Kernschmelze.
Man hatte lange keinen Plan was im Reaktordruckgefäß vorgegangen war. Beim ersten es Blick hinein waren die Augen groß.
#Atomktraft #GAU #Harrisburg #Kernenergie #TMI2 #ThreeMileIsland #USA
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Frau von der Leyen erzählt Märchen
Es sei ein strategischer Fehler gewesen, aus sicherer, sauberer und günstiger Atomenergie ausgestiegen zu sein. Sie will deshalb, dass die EU-Kommission wieder in Atomenergie einsteigt, Unternehmen subventioniert, die wieder in die Atomenergie investieren und sogar Investitionen in diesem Wirtschaftsbereich absichern. Drei Märchen auf einmal, um die Wahrheit zu verschleiern: Es geht um Europas Atombewaffnung!
Technisch sicher ist die Atomenergie ganz bestimmt nicht: Three Miles Island (USA) 1979, Tschernobyl (Ukraine) 1986 und Fukishima (Japan) 2011, drei Atomkatasstrophen, die Frau von der Leyen und viele andere gerne verdrängen – auch neue und kleinere Atomkraftwerke werden nicht sicherer sein können. Zumal sie nach dem Willen ihrer Konstrukteure oder besser Gedankenspieler auf die umfassenden Armierungen und Schutzhüllen konventioneller AKW verzichten sollen. Kein einziges dieser ausschließlich in Computern virtuell entworfener Projekte wurde bisher auch nur ansatzweise realisiert. Weil hierfür Millionensubventionen notwandig wären.
Politisch sicher ist die Atomkraft schon gar nicht, weil mit ihrem Brennstoff Uran wieder Russland als Lieferant von Uran und Produzent von Brennstäben mit angereichertem Uran ins Spiel kommt. Es ist geradezu skandalös, dass angesichts des Ukrainekrieges eine europäische Initiative ins Leben gerufen wird, die anstatt die Resilienz Europas zu stärken, eine Energieform fördern will, die die Abhängigkeit der EU sowohl von Russland wie auch von den USA verstärkt.
Auch sauber ist Atomenergie nicht, die ständig sorgfältig auf Strahlungslecks kontrolliert werden muss, zumal es immer noch kein sicheres Endlager für Atommüll gibt, der noch hunderttausende von Jahren strahlen wird, wenn es möglicherweise gar keine Menschen mehr gibt. Aber auch mit der angeblichen CO2-Neutralität ist es nicht weit her: Für Atomkraftwerke werden hunderttausende Tonnen Zement und Beton im Bau, im Betrieb und vor allem während der sicheren Entsorgung der verstrahlten Teile verbaut, die immense CO2 Fingerabdrücke hinterlassen.
Günstig war Atomstrom noch nie. Er ist die mit riesigem Abstand teuerste Energieart, die ohne Milliardensubventionen nicht auskommt und wie die Ölindustrie nur von zentralistisch und als Oligopol organisierten großindustrieellen Konzernen erbaut und betrieben werden kann. Die Energieerzeuger, die sie bauen, sind entweder Staatsbetriebe oder üben ihrerseits indirekte Kontrolle als Lobbyisten über die Politik aus. Das beste Beispiel ist das französische
AKW Flamanville. Block drei des 1979 erbauten AKW an der französischen Atlantikküste ist der letzte ergänzte Block. Baubeginn war Dezember 2007, der Betreiber EDF prognostizierte die Fertigstellung für 2012 die Baukosten auf 3,3 Milliarden Euro. 2012 gab EDF bekannt, die Baukosten seien auf 8,5 Milliarden Euro gestiegen. Im November 2014 gab man bekannt, der EPR werde voraussichtlich 2017 in Betrieb gehen. Im Juni 2019 gab EDF dann bekannt, Schweißnaht-Reparaturen verlängerten die Bauarbeiten bis Ende 2022. Die Baukostenschätzung lag nun bei 12,4 Mrd. Euro. Die Inbetriebnahme wurde nun für 2023 erwartet. Damit wäre das Kraftwerk 11 Jahre später in Betrieb gegangen als geplant – zu Kosten nahe dem Vierfachen der anfänglichen Planung. Im Juli 2020 wurde ein Bericht publik, wonach sich die bis dato bekannten Gesamtkosten des Projektes von den bisher kommunizierten 12,4 Mrd. Euro um weitere 6,7 Mrd. auf ca. 19,1 Mrd. Euro erhöhen sollen.
Beispiellose Sicherheitsprobleme, massive Kostenexplosion
Mitte Juli 2022 wurde öffentlich, dass ein Teil der installierten Reaktorsteuerung nicht funktioniert. EDF wusste seit 2019 von dem Problem. Im Dezember 2022 wurde bekannt, dass die Mehrkosten auf 10 Milliarden und die Gesamtkosten damit auf voraussichtlich 13,2 Milliarden ohne Finanzierungskosten von rund 5 Milliarden € steigen. Diese 13,2 Milliarden entsprechen einem Preis pro installiertem kW Nettoleistung von 8.250 €. Die Befüllung mit Brennstäben war damals für das erste Quartal 2024 geplant. Laut dem französischen Rechnungshof betrugen die Gesamtkosten inklusive 0,4 Milliarden Euro Rücklagen für Rückbau und Lagerung des Atommülls 23,7 Milliarden Euro zu Preisen von 2024.[] Die Baukosten lagen bei mehr als 13 Mrd. Euro, etwa das Vierfache der ursprünglich geplanten Kosten von 3,3 Mrd. Euro.
Naiv oder vor der Lobby eingeknickt?
Warum erzählt Ursula Von der Leyen offensichtlich solchen Blödsinn? Und warum plappern die Medien diese offensichtlichen Unwahrhrheiten einfach nach? Dass EU-Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen nun sogenannte, angeblich “kleine AKW” subventionieren will, ist entweder dumm und naiv oder böswillig und lobbyhörig. Dass diese Technik derzeit ausschließlich in Russland und China entwickelt wurde, in Ländern, die sich in Sachen AKW-Sicherheit nicht mit Ruhm bekleckert haben, scheint bei den Verantwortlichen der EU-Kommission ebenso wenig Eindruck hinterlassen, wie die Fähigkeit, durch Denken und Schlüsseziehen die Kosten, Risiken und Verluste von Atomenergie mit dem Nutzen, der Sicherheit und den Kosten von erneuerbaren Energien zu vergleichen.
Die von Emmanuel Macron erneut erhobene Forderung, dreckige, kostenintensive Risikotechnologie mit kostengünstigen, sauberen Erneuerbaren auf eine Stufe zu stellen, lässt an Dreistigkeit nichts zu wünschen übrig. Der dominante Atomstrom-Anteil von 67% französischer Atomreaktoren an französischer Energie, die im Grundlastbereich dominiert, verhindert im übrigen, dass Deutschland und andere EU-Länder billigen Sonnen- und Windstrom aus Spanien und Portugal nutzen können.
Macron geht es allein um die Atomwaffen
Macron geht es ausschließlich um eins: er braucht AKW und die EDF, um weiter Atomwaffen bauen und unterhalten zu können. Nicht ohne Grund hat er in der vergangenen Woche sein Atom-U-Boot-Theater in der Normandie veranstaltet. Dabei ist es durchaus legitim, im Zeichen der europäischen Eigenständigkeit und Unabhängigkeit von den USA über die Notwendigkeit nachzudenken, wie mit minimalem Kostenaufwand das nötige spaltbare Material erzeugt werden kann, um die Force de Frappe in Europa existenzfähig und autonom funktionsfähig zu halten. Aber dann müssten Macron und von der Leyen sich ehrlich machen und offen benennen, worum es eigentlich geht, nämlich die atomare Bewaffnung zu sichern. Dafür bedarf es aber nicht eines Milliardenprogramms völlig überteuerter, in Bau und Abriss Unmengen CO2 – produzierender, dreckiger und risikoreicher Atomreaktoren. Die zudem eine zentralistische und verwundbare Energieversorgungsstruktur darstellen. Der Ukrainekrieg beweist die Anfälligkeit zentraler Energiestrukturen täglich. Europa wird so nicht resilienter, sondern verwundbarer und anfälliger. So, wie Macron und von der Leyen eine atomare Zukunft beschworen haben, erinnert dies alles an die berühmte Abschiedsrede von Präsident Dwight D. Eisenhower von 1961, der die Politik vor der Machtfülle des Militärisch-Industriellen Komplexes warnte.
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In fact, a lot of #Datacentres are hoping to use OLD #NuclearPowerPlants for their energy! They want to restart #ThreeMileIsland, @DjityDjity ! It's MADNESS!
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John Mastodon iz appalled:
Microsoft is getting a loan of $1-Billion from the US government to re-open Three-Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania.
It was the site of the worst accident at a nuclear facility in the US in 1979.
Mr Mastodon now wonders why Microsoft doesn't just burn people for its Ai fuel.
https://gizmodo.com/us-approves-1b-loan-to-restart-three-mile-island-as-microsoft-data-centers-drive-demand-2000688138
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Bloomberg: #ConstellationEnergy shares rise 3.4% in premarket trading after the company’s plan to restart its shuttered #ThreeMileIsland #nuclear plant won $1 billion in backing from the #USgovernment.
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Trump Administration Grants $1B Loan to Restart Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant for Microsoft
#Microsoft #NuclearEnergy #AI #BigTech #ThreeMileIsland #CleanEnergy #ConstellationEnergy #DataCenters #CloudComputing #USPolitics
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Trump Administration Grants $1B Loan to Restart Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant for Microsoft
#Microsoft #NuclearEnergy #AI #BigTech #ThreeMileIsland #CleanEnergy #ConstellationEnergy #DataCenters #CloudComputing #USPolitics
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Trump Administration Grants $1B Loan to Restart Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant for Microsoft
#Microsoft #NuclearEnergy #AI #BigTech #ThreeMileIsland #CleanEnergy #ConstellationEnergy #DataCenters #CloudComputing #USPolitics
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Trump Administration Grants $1B Loan to Restart Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant for Microsoft
#Microsoft #NuclearEnergy #AI #BigTech #ThreeMileIsland #CleanEnergy #ConstellationEnergy #DataCenters #CloudComputing #USPolitics
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US agrees to $US1bn loan to restart Three Mile Island nuclear power plant
Three Mile Island, once the site of America’s worst nuclear power accident, is set to start producing electricity…
#Nuclear #ConstellationEnergy #nuclear #nuclearaccident #nuclearpower #THREEMILEISLAND #uscongress #USDepartmentofEnergy
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U.S. faces electricity challenge as AI energy demand soars
By : Chip Minty//The Journal Record//September 25, 2025
"They say that artificial intelligence (AI) will be the most transformative technological development ever. Pick any revolutionary advancement you can think of — the Internet, smartphones, air travel, automobiles, the conveyor belt. You can go back as far as fire itself, and experts say AI has a chance to outshine them all.
"As a consequence, there’s an international winner-take-all race to supremacy underway that involves the United States, China and Europe, and the victor stands to emerge at the top of the world’s economic pecking order.
"Much is at stake as industry and institutions are ramping up microchip production, data center construction and educational programs customized to a new AI economy. But behind the billions of dollars in technology infrastructure investment, policymakers and industry visionaries still don’t know if the United States will have enough electricity available to feed the AI behemoth once it reaches maturity.
"No one is quite sure how much more electricity the United States will need, but estimates suggest the nation’s emerging AI machine could demand 60 gigawatts or more within the next couple of years. That volume far exceeds the needs of major U.S. cities, such as New York.
"Adding that much power to the grid will be no small undertaking, experts say, especially for a nation that has focused the last quarter century on a clean energy transition that still is looking for traction. Wind and solar energy can play a role, but inconsistent production limits their ability to meet spikes in power demand.
"So, what’s left? No one is talking about coal. That leaves #NaturalGas to carry the burden. And then there’s #nuclear, an emerging darling of the power industry, winning bipartisan support from policymakers who are now willing to set aside the 1979 #ThreeMileIsland disaster, which practically paralyzed the industry for decades.
"The Oklahoma City-based Hamm Institute for American Energy has made the issue one of its core concerns, bringing leaders together from across the United States and from key international trading partners, such as Japan and South Korea.
" 'The United States has the resources it needs. What it lacks is speed, certainty and alignment,' said Ann Bluntzer Pullin, executive director of the Hamm Institute.
'This initiative is about turning urgency into action so that America and its allies can lead in both energy and AI.''" I feel like you’ve got these two giants, the tech industry and the energy industry at this unbelievable moment in time where they can both rise to the occasion and literally move society forward in a way where everyone’s quality of life goes up,' she told leaders at a recent roundtable event.
"There’s a growing number of AI systems housed in an expanding network of data centers, which store, process and manage critical data and their applications. The giant facilities’ large assemblies of servers, storage drives and other hardware are known for their enormous appetite for electricity."
Read more / listen:
https://journalrecord.com/2025/09/25/ai-energy-demand-us-power-challenges/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/VKXi7#NoNukesForAI #NoNukesForDatacenters #FossilFuels #NuclearPlants #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #CorporateGreed
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U.S. faces electricity challenge as AI energy demand soars
By : Chip Minty//The Journal Record//September 25, 2025
"They say that artificial intelligence (AI) will be the most transformative technological development ever. Pick any revolutionary advancement you can think of — the Internet, smartphones, air travel, automobiles, the conveyor belt. You can go back as far as fire itself, and experts say AI has a chance to outshine them all.
"As a consequence, there’s an international winner-take-all race to supremacy underway that involves the United States, China and Europe, and the victor stands to emerge at the top of the world’s economic pecking order.
"Much is at stake as industry and institutions are ramping up microchip production, data center construction and educational programs customized to a new AI economy. But behind the billions of dollars in technology infrastructure investment, policymakers and industry visionaries still don’t know if the United States will have enough electricity available to feed the AI behemoth once it reaches maturity.
"No one is quite sure how much more electricity the United States will need, but estimates suggest the nation’s emerging AI machine could demand 60 gigawatts or more within the next couple of years. That volume far exceeds the needs of major U.S. cities, such as New York.
"Adding that much power to the grid will be no small undertaking, experts say, especially for a nation that has focused the last quarter century on a clean energy transition that still is looking for traction. Wind and solar energy can play a role, but inconsistent production limits their ability to meet spikes in power demand.
"So, what’s left? No one is talking about coal. That leaves #NaturalGas to carry the burden. And then there’s #nuclear, an emerging darling of the power industry, winning bipartisan support from policymakers who are now willing to set aside the 1979 #ThreeMileIsland disaster, which practically paralyzed the industry for decades.
"The Oklahoma City-based Hamm Institute for American Energy has made the issue one of its core concerns, bringing leaders together from across the United States and from key international trading partners, such as Japan and South Korea.
" 'The United States has the resources it needs. What it lacks is speed, certainty and alignment,' said Ann Bluntzer Pullin, executive director of the Hamm Institute.
'This initiative is about turning urgency into action so that America and its allies can lead in both energy and AI.''" I feel like you’ve got these two giants, the tech industry and the energy industry at this unbelievable moment in time where they can both rise to the occasion and literally move society forward in a way where everyone’s quality of life goes up,' she told leaders at a recent roundtable event.
"There’s a growing number of AI systems housed in an expanding network of data centers, which store, process and manage critical data and their applications. The giant facilities’ large assemblies of servers, storage drives and other hardware are known for their enormous appetite for electricity."
Read more / listen:
https://journalrecord.com/2025/09/25/ai-energy-demand-us-power-challenges/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/VKXi7#NoNukesForAI #NoNukesForDatacenters #FossilFuels #NuclearPlants #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #CorporateGreed
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U.S. faces electricity challenge as AI energy demand soars
By : Chip Minty//The Journal Record//September 25, 2025
"They say that artificial intelligence (AI) will be the most transformative technological development ever. Pick any revolutionary advancement you can think of — the Internet, smartphones, air travel, automobiles, the conveyor belt. You can go back as far as fire itself, and experts say AI has a chance to outshine them all.
"As a consequence, there’s an international winner-take-all race to supremacy underway that involves the United States, China and Europe, and the victor stands to emerge at the top of the world’s economic pecking order.
"Much is at stake as industry and institutions are ramping up microchip production, data center construction and educational programs customized to a new AI economy. But behind the billions of dollars in technology infrastructure investment, policymakers and industry visionaries still don’t know if the United States will have enough electricity available to feed the AI behemoth once it reaches maturity.
"No one is quite sure how much more electricity the United States will need, but estimates suggest the nation’s emerging AI machine could demand 60 gigawatts or more within the next couple of years. That volume far exceeds the needs of major U.S. cities, such as New York.
"Adding that much power to the grid will be no small undertaking, experts say, especially for a nation that has focused the last quarter century on a clean energy transition that still is looking for traction. Wind and solar energy can play a role, but inconsistent production limits their ability to meet spikes in power demand.
"So, what’s left? No one is talking about coal. That leaves #NaturalGas to carry the burden. And then there’s #nuclear, an emerging darling of the power industry, winning bipartisan support from policymakers who are now willing to set aside the 1979 #ThreeMileIsland disaster, which practically paralyzed the industry for decades.
"The Oklahoma City-based Hamm Institute for American Energy has made the issue one of its core concerns, bringing leaders together from across the United States and from key international trading partners, such as Japan and South Korea.
" 'The United States has the resources it needs. What it lacks is speed, certainty and alignment,' said Ann Bluntzer Pullin, executive director of the Hamm Institute.
'This initiative is about turning urgency into action so that America and its allies can lead in both energy and AI.''" I feel like you’ve got these two giants, the tech industry and the energy industry at this unbelievable moment in time where they can both rise to the occasion and literally move society forward in a way where everyone’s quality of life goes up,' she told leaders at a recent roundtable event.
"There’s a growing number of AI systems housed in an expanding network of data centers, which store, process and manage critical data and their applications. The giant facilities’ large assemblies of servers, storage drives and other hardware are known for their enormous appetite for electricity."
Read more / listen:
https://journalrecord.com/2025/09/25/ai-energy-demand-us-power-challenges/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/VKXi7#NoNukesForAI #NoNukesForDatacenters #FossilFuels #NuclearPlants #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #CorporateGreed
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U.S. faces electricity challenge as AI energy demand soars
By : Chip Minty//The Journal Record//September 25, 2025
"They say that artificial intelligence (AI) will be the most transformative technological development ever. Pick any revolutionary advancement you can think of — the Internet, smartphones, air travel, automobiles, the conveyor belt. You can go back as far as fire itself, and experts say AI has a chance to outshine them all.
"As a consequence, there’s an international winner-take-all race to supremacy underway that involves the United States, China and Europe, and the victor stands to emerge at the top of the world’s economic pecking order.
"Much is at stake as industry and institutions are ramping up microchip production, data center construction and educational programs customized to a new AI economy. But behind the billions of dollars in technology infrastructure investment, policymakers and industry visionaries still don’t know if the United States will have enough electricity available to feed the AI behemoth once it reaches maturity.
"No one is quite sure how much more electricity the United States will need, but estimates suggest the nation’s emerging AI machine could demand 60 gigawatts or more within the next couple of years. That volume far exceeds the needs of major U.S. cities, such as New York.
"Adding that much power to the grid will be no small undertaking, experts say, especially for a nation that has focused the last quarter century on a clean energy transition that still is looking for traction. Wind and solar energy can play a role, but inconsistent production limits their ability to meet spikes in power demand.
"So, what’s left? No one is talking about coal. That leaves #NaturalGas to carry the burden. And then there’s #nuclear, an emerging darling of the power industry, winning bipartisan support from policymakers who are now willing to set aside the 1979 #ThreeMileIsland disaster, which practically paralyzed the industry for decades.
"The Oklahoma City-based Hamm Institute for American Energy has made the issue one of its core concerns, bringing leaders together from across the United States and from key international trading partners, such as Japan and South Korea.
" 'The United States has the resources it needs. What it lacks is speed, certainty and alignment,' said Ann Bluntzer Pullin, executive director of the Hamm Institute.
'This initiative is about turning urgency into action so that America and its allies can lead in both energy and AI.''" I feel like you’ve got these two giants, the tech industry and the energy industry at this unbelievable moment in time where they can both rise to the occasion and literally move society forward in a way where everyone’s quality of life goes up,' she told leaders at a recent roundtable event.
"There’s a growing number of AI systems housed in an expanding network of data centers, which store, process and manage critical data and their applications. The giant facilities’ large assemblies of servers, storage drives and other hardware are known for their enormous appetite for electricity."
Read more / listen:
https://journalrecord.com/2025/09/25/ai-energy-demand-us-power-challenges/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/VKXi7#NoNukesForAI #NoNukesForDatacenters #FossilFuels #NuclearPlants #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #CorporateGreed
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U.S. faces electricity challenge as AI energy demand soars
By : Chip Minty//The Journal Record//September 25, 2025
"They say that artificial intelligence (AI) will be the most transformative technological development ever. Pick any revolutionary advancement you can think of — the Internet, smartphones, air travel, automobiles, the conveyor belt. You can go back as far as fire itself, and experts say AI has a chance to outshine them all.
"As a consequence, there’s an international winner-take-all race to supremacy underway that involves the United States, China and Europe, and the victor stands to emerge at the top of the world’s economic pecking order.
"Much is at stake as industry and institutions are ramping up microchip production, data center construction and educational programs customized to a new AI economy. But behind the billions of dollars in technology infrastructure investment, policymakers and industry visionaries still don’t know if the United States will have enough electricity available to feed the AI behemoth once it reaches maturity.
"No one is quite sure how much more electricity the United States will need, but estimates suggest the nation’s emerging AI machine could demand 60 gigawatts or more within the next couple of years. That volume far exceeds the needs of major U.S. cities, such as New York.
"Adding that much power to the grid will be no small undertaking, experts say, especially for a nation that has focused the last quarter century on a clean energy transition that still is looking for traction. Wind and solar energy can play a role, but inconsistent production limits their ability to meet spikes in power demand.
"So, what’s left? No one is talking about coal. That leaves #NaturalGas to carry the burden. And then there’s #nuclear, an emerging darling of the power industry, winning bipartisan support from policymakers who are now willing to set aside the 1979 #ThreeMileIsland disaster, which practically paralyzed the industry for decades.
"The Oklahoma City-based Hamm Institute for American Energy has made the issue one of its core concerns, bringing leaders together from across the United States and from key international trading partners, such as Japan and South Korea.
" 'The United States has the resources it needs. What it lacks is speed, certainty and alignment,' said Ann Bluntzer Pullin, executive director of the Hamm Institute.
'This initiative is about turning urgency into action so that America and its allies can lead in both energy and AI.''" I feel like you’ve got these two giants, the tech industry and the energy industry at this unbelievable moment in time where they can both rise to the occasion and literally move society forward in a way where everyone’s quality of life goes up,' she told leaders at a recent roundtable event.
"There’s a growing number of AI systems housed in an expanding network of data centers, which store, process and manage critical data and their applications. The giant facilities’ large assemblies of servers, storage drives and other hardware are known for their enormous appetite for electricity."
Read more / listen:
https://journalrecord.com/2025/09/25/ai-energy-demand-us-power-challenges/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/VKXi7#NoNukesForAI #NoNukesForDatacenters #FossilFuels #NuclearPlants #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #CorporateGreed
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#Atomkraft in den #USA : #Microsoft nutzt Reaktorstrom für Rechenzentren - DER SPIEGEL
spiegel.de/wissenschaft/techni…
#ThreeMileIsland steht für den größten Nuklearunfall der USA. Nun wird ein Teil des Atomkraftwerks reaktiviert: Microsoft braucht den Strom für seine Rechenzentren.
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Es gibt einige bekannte nukleare Unfälle, die auf der #INES-Skala - also einer Bewertungsskala zur Schwere - als "Ernste Unfälle" eingestuft wurden: der Reaktorunfall im Kernkraftwerk #ThreeMileIsland 1979 in den USA zum Beispiel oder der #Goiânia-Unfall in Brasilien 1987.
Aber habt ihr schon mal von dem Unfall eines Atom-U-Boots 1985 nahe der ehemals sowjetischen - heute russischen - Stadt Wladiwostok gehört? Was damals genau passierte, erfahrt ihr hier:
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This sort of behaviour was also discussed for the under-reporting / late reporting in #China during #covid19 outbreak.
However, I'm really not sure the capitalist model is any better at bringing the culprits to a tribunal, let alone convict any. Check #Fukushima or #ThreeMileIsland aftermath.
I guess it's a generic problem with power and accountability. Independent justice, democracy, and prevention of accumulation of wealth are the only ways known to reduce this tendency.
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Experts warn #Trump’s #nuclear blitz could trigger ‘Next #ThreeMileIsland'
by Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams
May 24, 2025"U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a series of executive orders that will overhaul the independent federal agency that regulates the nation's nuclear power plants in order to speed the construction of new fissile reactors—a move that experts warned will increase safety risks.
"According to a White House statement, Trump's directives 'will usher in a nuclear energy renaissance,' in part by allowing Department of Energy laboratories to conduct nuclear reactor design testing, green-lighting reactor construction on federal lands, and lifting #RegulatoryBarriers 'by requiring the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (#NRC) to issue timely licensing decisions."
"The Trump administration is seeking to shorten the yearslong NRC process of approving new licenses for nuclear power plants and reactors to within 18 months.
"White House Office of Science and Technology Director Michael Kratsios said Friday that 'over the last 30 years, we stopped building nuclear reactors in America—that ends now.'
" 'We are restoring a strong American nuclear industrial base, rebuilding a secure and sovereign domestic nuclear fuel supply chain, and leading the world towards a future fueled by American nuclear energy,' he added. [And radioactive waste!!!]
"However, the Union of Concerned Scientists (#UCS) warned that the executive orders will result in 'all but nullifying' the NRC's regulatory process, 'undermining the independent federal agency's ability to develop and enforce #safety and #security requirements for commercial nuclear facilities.'
" 'This push by the Trump administration to usurp much of the agency's autonomy as they seek to fast-track the construction of nuclear plants will weaken critical, independent #oversight of the U.S. nuclear industry and poses significant safety and security risks to the public,' UCS added.
"#EdwinLyman, director of nuclear power safety at the UCS, said, 'Simply put, the U.S. nuclear industry will fail if safety is not made a priority.'
" 'By fatally compromising the independence and integrity of the NRC, and by encouraging pathways for nuclear deployment that bypass the regulator entirely, the Trump administration is virtually guaranteeing that this country will see a serious accident or other #radiological release that will affect the health, safety, and livelihoods of millions,' Lyman added. 'Such a disaster will destroy public trust in #NuclearPower and cause other nations to reject U.S. #nuclear technology for decades to come.'
"Friday's executive orders follow reporting earlier this month by NPR that revealed the Trump administration has tightened control over the NRC, in part by compelling the agency to send proposed reactor safety rules to the White House for review and possible editing.
"#AllisonMacfarlane, who was nominated to head the NRC during the Obama administration, called the move 'the end of independence of the agency.'
" 'If you aren't independent of political and industry influence, then you are at risk of an accident,' Macfarlane warned.
"On the first day of his second term, Trump also signed executive orders declaring a dubious 'national energy emergency' and directing federal agencies to find ways to reduce regulatory roadblocks to 'unleashing American energy, including by boosting #FossilFuels and nuclear power.
"The rapid advancement and adoption of artificial intelligence systems is creating a tremendous need for energy that proponents say can be met by nuclear power. The Three Mile Island nuclear plant—the site of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history—is being revived with funding from #Microsoft, while #Google parent company #Alphabet, online retail giant #Amazon, and #Facebook owner #Meta are among the competitors also investing in nuclear energy.
" 'Do we really want to create more #RadioactiveWaste to power the often dubious and questionable uses of #AI?' #JohannaNeumann, Environment America Research & Policy Center's senior director of the Campaign for 100% #RenewableEnergy, asked in December.
" '#BigTech should recommit to solutions that not only work but pose less risk to our #environment and #health,' Neumann added."
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-nuclear-2672196220/
#RethinkNotRestart #NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #BigTech #EnvironmentalRacism #UraniumMining #NuclearWaste #TEPCOLies #TrumpLies
#HoltecLies #WaterIsLife #NuclearPowerPlants #Datacenters #AIPollution #MicrosoftSucks #TrumpSucks #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree #CancerRates #Downwinders #NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies -
Experts warn #Trump’s #nuclear blitz could trigger ‘Next #ThreeMileIsland'
by Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams
May 24, 2025"U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a series of executive orders that will overhaul the independent federal agency that regulates the nation's nuclear power plants in order to speed the construction of new fissile reactors—a move that experts warned will increase safety risks.
"According to a White House statement, Trump's directives 'will usher in a nuclear energy renaissance,' in part by allowing Department of Energy laboratories to conduct nuclear reactor design testing, green-lighting reactor construction on federal lands, and lifting #RegulatoryBarriers 'by requiring the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (#NRC) to issue timely licensing decisions."
"The Trump administration is seeking to shorten the yearslong NRC process of approving new licenses for nuclear power plants and reactors to within 18 months.
"White House Office of Science and Technology Director Michael Kratsios said Friday that 'over the last 30 years, we stopped building nuclear reactors in America—that ends now.'
" 'We are restoring a strong American nuclear industrial base, rebuilding a secure and sovereign domestic nuclear fuel supply chain, and leading the world towards a future fueled by American nuclear energy,' he added. [And radioactive waste!!!]
"However, the Union of Concerned Scientists (#UCS) warned that the executive orders will result in 'all but nullifying' the NRC's regulatory process, 'undermining the independent federal agency's ability to develop and enforce #safety and #security requirements for commercial nuclear facilities.'
" 'This push by the Trump administration to usurp much of the agency's autonomy as they seek to fast-track the construction of nuclear plants will weaken critical, independent #oversight of the U.S. nuclear industry and poses significant safety and security risks to the public,' UCS added.
"#EdwinLyman, director of nuclear power safety at the UCS, said, 'Simply put, the U.S. nuclear industry will fail if safety is not made a priority.'
" 'By fatally compromising the independence and integrity of the NRC, and by encouraging pathways for nuclear deployment that bypass the regulator entirely, the Trump administration is virtually guaranteeing that this country will see a serious accident or other #radiological release that will affect the health, safety, and livelihoods of millions,' Lyman added. 'Such a disaster will destroy public trust in #NuclearPower and cause other nations to reject U.S. #nuclear technology for decades to come.'
"Friday's executive orders follow reporting earlier this month by NPR that revealed the Trump administration has tightened control over the NRC, in part by compelling the agency to send proposed reactor safety rules to the White House for review and possible editing.
"#AllisonMacfarlane, who was nominated to head the NRC during the Obama administration, called the move 'the end of independence of the agency.'
" 'If you aren't independent of political and industry influence, then you are at risk of an accident,' Macfarlane warned.
"On the first day of his second term, Trump also signed executive orders declaring a dubious 'national energy emergency' and directing federal agencies to find ways to reduce regulatory roadblocks to 'unleashing American energy, including by boosting #FossilFuels and nuclear power.
"The rapid advancement and adoption of artificial intelligence systems is creating a tremendous need for energy that proponents say can be met by nuclear power. The Three Mile Island nuclear plant—the site of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history—is being revived with funding from #Microsoft, while #Google parent company #Alphabet, online retail giant #Amazon, and #Facebook owner #Meta are among the competitors also investing in nuclear energy.
" 'Do we really want to create more #RadioactiveWaste to power the often dubious and questionable uses of #AI?' #JohannaNeumann, Environment America Research & Policy Center's senior director of the Campaign for 100% #RenewableEnergy, asked in December.
" '#BigTech should recommit to solutions that not only work but pose less risk to our #environment and #health,' Neumann added."
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-nuclear-2672196220/
#RethinkNotRestart #NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #BigTech #EnvironmentalRacism #UraniumMining #NuclearWaste #TEPCOLies #TrumpLies
#HoltecLies #WaterIsLife #NuclearPowerPlants #Datacenters #AIPollution #MicrosoftSucks #TrumpSucks #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree #CancerRates #Downwinders #NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies -
Experts warn #Trump’s #nuclear blitz could trigger ‘Next #ThreeMileIsland'
by Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams
May 24, 2025"U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a series of executive orders that will overhaul the independent federal agency that regulates the nation's nuclear power plants in order to speed the construction of new fissile reactors—a move that experts warned will increase safety risks.
"According to a White House statement, Trump's directives 'will usher in a nuclear energy renaissance,' in part by allowing Department of Energy laboratories to conduct nuclear reactor design testing, green-lighting reactor construction on federal lands, and lifting #RegulatoryBarriers 'by requiring the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (#NRC) to issue timely licensing decisions."
"The Trump administration is seeking to shorten the yearslong NRC process of approving new licenses for nuclear power plants and reactors to within 18 months.
"White House Office of Science and Technology Director Michael Kratsios said Friday that 'over the last 30 years, we stopped building nuclear reactors in America—that ends now.'
" 'We are restoring a strong American nuclear industrial base, rebuilding a secure and sovereign domestic nuclear fuel supply chain, and leading the world towards a future fueled by American nuclear energy,' he added. [And radioactive waste!!!]
"However, the Union of Concerned Scientists (#UCS) warned that the executive orders will result in 'all but nullifying' the NRC's regulatory process, 'undermining the independent federal agency's ability to develop and enforce #safety and #security requirements for commercial nuclear facilities.'
" 'This push by the Trump administration to usurp much of the agency's autonomy as they seek to fast-track the construction of nuclear plants will weaken critical, independent #oversight of the U.S. nuclear industry and poses significant safety and security risks to the public,' UCS added.
"#EdwinLyman, director of nuclear power safety at the UCS, said, 'Simply put, the U.S. nuclear industry will fail if safety is not made a priority.'
" 'By fatally compromising the independence and integrity of the NRC, and by encouraging pathways for nuclear deployment that bypass the regulator entirely, the Trump administration is virtually guaranteeing that this country will see a serious accident or other #radiological release that will affect the health, safety, and livelihoods of millions,' Lyman added. 'Such a disaster will destroy public trust in #NuclearPower and cause other nations to reject U.S. #nuclear technology for decades to come.'
"Friday's executive orders follow reporting earlier this month by NPR that revealed the Trump administration has tightened control over the NRC, in part by compelling the agency to send proposed reactor safety rules to the White House for review and possible editing.
"#AllisonMacfarlane, who was nominated to head the NRC during the Obama administration, called the move 'the end of independence of the agency.'
" 'If you aren't independent of political and industry influence, then you are at risk of an accident,' Macfarlane warned.
"On the first day of his second term, Trump also signed executive orders declaring a dubious 'national energy emergency' and directing federal agencies to find ways to reduce regulatory roadblocks to 'unleashing American energy, including by boosting #FossilFuels and nuclear power.
"The rapid advancement and adoption of artificial intelligence systems is creating a tremendous need for energy that proponents say can be met by nuclear power. The Three Mile Island nuclear plant—the site of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history—is being revived with funding from #Microsoft, while #Google parent company #Alphabet, online retail giant #Amazon, and #Facebook owner #Meta are among the competitors also investing in nuclear energy.
" 'Do we really want to create more #RadioactiveWaste to power the often dubious and questionable uses of #AI?' #JohannaNeumann, Environment America Research & Policy Center's senior director of the Campaign for 100% #RenewableEnergy, asked in December.
" '#BigTech should recommit to solutions that not only work but pose less risk to our #environment and #health,' Neumann added."
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-nuclear-2672196220/
#RethinkNotRestart #NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #BigTech #EnvironmentalRacism #UraniumMining #NuclearWaste #TEPCOLies #TrumpLies
#HoltecLies #WaterIsLife #NuclearPowerPlants #Datacenters #AIPollution #MicrosoftSucks #TrumpSucks #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree #CancerRates #Downwinders #NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies -
Experts warn #Trump’s #nuclear blitz could trigger ‘Next #ThreeMileIsland'
by Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams
May 24, 2025"U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a series of executive orders that will overhaul the independent federal agency that regulates the nation's nuclear power plants in order to speed the construction of new fissile reactors—a move that experts warned will increase safety risks.
"According to a White House statement, Trump's directives 'will usher in a nuclear energy renaissance,' in part by allowing Department of Energy laboratories to conduct nuclear reactor design testing, green-lighting reactor construction on federal lands, and lifting #RegulatoryBarriers 'by requiring the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (#NRC) to issue timely licensing decisions."
"The Trump administration is seeking to shorten the yearslong NRC process of approving new licenses for nuclear power plants and reactors to within 18 months.
"White House Office of Science and Technology Director Michael Kratsios said Friday that 'over the last 30 years, we stopped building nuclear reactors in America—that ends now.'
" 'We are restoring a strong American nuclear industrial base, rebuilding a secure and sovereign domestic nuclear fuel supply chain, and leading the world towards a future fueled by American nuclear energy,' he added. [And radioactive waste!!!]
"However, the Union of Concerned Scientists (#UCS) warned that the executive orders will result in 'all but nullifying' the NRC's regulatory process, 'undermining the independent federal agency's ability to develop and enforce #safety and #security requirements for commercial nuclear facilities.'
" 'This push by the Trump administration to usurp much of the agency's autonomy as they seek to fast-track the construction of nuclear plants will weaken critical, independent #oversight of the U.S. nuclear industry and poses significant safety and security risks to the public,' UCS added.
"#EdwinLyman, director of nuclear power safety at the UCS, said, 'Simply put, the U.S. nuclear industry will fail if safety is not made a priority.'
" 'By fatally compromising the independence and integrity of the NRC, and by encouraging pathways for nuclear deployment that bypass the regulator entirely, the Trump administration is virtually guaranteeing that this country will see a serious accident or other #radiological release that will affect the health, safety, and livelihoods of millions,' Lyman added. 'Such a disaster will destroy public trust in #NuclearPower and cause other nations to reject U.S. #nuclear technology for decades to come.'
"Friday's executive orders follow reporting earlier this month by NPR that revealed the Trump administration has tightened control over the NRC, in part by compelling the agency to send proposed reactor safety rules to the White House for review and possible editing.
"#AllisonMacfarlane, who was nominated to head the NRC during the Obama administration, called the move 'the end of independence of the agency.'
" 'If you aren't independent of political and industry influence, then you are at risk of an accident,' Macfarlane warned.
"On the first day of his second term, Trump also signed executive orders declaring a dubious 'national energy emergency' and directing federal agencies to find ways to reduce regulatory roadblocks to 'unleashing American energy, including by boosting #FossilFuels and nuclear power.
"The rapid advancement and adoption of artificial intelligence systems is creating a tremendous need for energy that proponents say can be met by nuclear power. The Three Mile Island nuclear plant—the site of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history—is being revived with funding from #Microsoft, while #Google parent company #Alphabet, online retail giant #Amazon, and #Facebook owner #Meta are among the competitors also investing in nuclear energy.
" 'Do we really want to create more #RadioactiveWaste to power the often dubious and questionable uses of #AI?' #JohannaNeumann, Environment America Research & Policy Center's senior director of the Campaign for 100% #RenewableEnergy, asked in December.
" '#BigTech should recommit to solutions that not only work but pose less risk to our #environment and #health,' Neumann added."
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-nuclear-2672196220/
#RethinkNotRestart #NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #BigTech #EnvironmentalRacism #UraniumMining #NuclearWaste #TEPCOLies #TrumpLies
#HoltecLies #WaterIsLife #NuclearPowerPlants #Datacenters #AIPollution #MicrosoftSucks #TrumpSucks #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree #CancerRates #Downwinders #NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies -
Experts warn #Trump’s #nuclear blitz could trigger ‘Next #ThreeMileIsland'
by Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams
May 24, 2025"U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a series of executive orders that will overhaul the independent federal agency that regulates the nation's nuclear power plants in order to speed the construction of new fissile reactors—a move that experts warned will increase safety risks.
"According to a White House statement, Trump's directives 'will usher in a nuclear energy renaissance,' in part by allowing Department of Energy laboratories to conduct nuclear reactor design testing, green-lighting reactor construction on federal lands, and lifting #RegulatoryBarriers 'by requiring the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (#NRC) to issue timely licensing decisions."
"The Trump administration is seeking to shorten the yearslong NRC process of approving new licenses for nuclear power plants and reactors to within 18 months.
"White House Office of Science and Technology Director Michael Kratsios said Friday that 'over the last 30 years, we stopped building nuclear reactors in America—that ends now.'
" 'We are restoring a strong American nuclear industrial base, rebuilding a secure and sovereign domestic nuclear fuel supply chain, and leading the world towards a future fueled by American nuclear energy,' he added. [And radioactive waste!!!]
"However, the Union of Concerned Scientists (#UCS) warned that the executive orders will result in 'all but nullifying' the NRC's regulatory process, 'undermining the independent federal agency's ability to develop and enforce #safety and #security requirements for commercial nuclear facilities.'
" 'This push by the Trump administration to usurp much of the agency's autonomy as they seek to fast-track the construction of nuclear plants will weaken critical, independent #oversight of the U.S. nuclear industry and poses significant safety and security risks to the public,' UCS added.
"#EdwinLyman, director of nuclear power safety at the UCS, said, 'Simply put, the U.S. nuclear industry will fail if safety is not made a priority.'
" 'By fatally compromising the independence and integrity of the NRC, and by encouraging pathways for nuclear deployment that bypass the regulator entirely, the Trump administration is virtually guaranteeing that this country will see a serious accident or other #radiological release that will affect the health, safety, and livelihoods of millions,' Lyman added. 'Such a disaster will destroy public trust in #NuclearPower and cause other nations to reject U.S. #nuclear technology for decades to come.'
"Friday's executive orders follow reporting earlier this month by NPR that revealed the Trump administration has tightened control over the NRC, in part by compelling the agency to send proposed reactor safety rules to the White House for review and possible editing.
"#AllisonMacfarlane, who was nominated to head the NRC during the Obama administration, called the move 'the end of independence of the agency.'
" 'If you aren't independent of political and industry influence, then you are at risk of an accident,' Macfarlane warned.
"On the first day of his second term, Trump also signed executive orders declaring a dubious 'national energy emergency' and directing federal agencies to find ways to reduce regulatory roadblocks to 'unleashing American energy, including by boosting #FossilFuels and nuclear power.
"The rapid advancement and adoption of artificial intelligence systems is creating a tremendous need for energy that proponents say can be met by nuclear power. The Three Mile Island nuclear plant—the site of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history—is being revived with funding from #Microsoft, while #Google parent company #Alphabet, online retail giant #Amazon, and #Facebook owner #Meta are among the competitors also investing in nuclear energy.
" 'Do we really want to create more #RadioactiveWaste to power the often dubious and questionable uses of #AI?' #JohannaNeumann, Environment America Research & Policy Center's senior director of the Campaign for 100% #RenewableEnergy, asked in December.
" '#BigTech should recommit to solutions that not only work but pose less risk to our #environment and #health,' Neumann added."
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-nuclear-2672196220/
#RethinkNotRestart #NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #BigTech #EnvironmentalRacism #UraniumMining #NuclearWaste #TEPCOLies #TrumpLies
#HoltecLies #WaterIsLife #NuclearPowerPlants #Datacenters #AIPollution #MicrosoftSucks #TrumpSucks #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree #CancerRates #Downwinders #NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies -
Oh yeah. Fast-tracking a #NuclearPlant restart is such a good idea...NOT!
#ThreeMileIsland nuclear plant reboot fast-tracked to 2027
By Laila Kearney
June 25, 2025Excerpt: "Despite the enthusiasm, nuclear power plant projects have historically been far over budget [leaving taxpayers on the hook] and behind schedule [which is why nuclear plant companies often fabricate and lie about details. They milk it for all it's worth!]
"No fully shut nuclear power plant has been restarted, but at least one other attempted restart - of the #PalisadesNuclearPlant in #Michigan - is under way.
"As the technology industry drives U.S. electricity demand to record highs, nuclear power has broadly seen a resurgence of interest after decades in decline. New York plans to build a new nuclear power plant, which would be one of the first to be constructed in a generation."
#RethinkNotRestart #NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #BigTech #NuclearWaste #RethinkNotRestart #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree #Pennsylvania #CancerRates #TEPCOLies #HoltecLies #WaterIsLife #NuclearPowerPlants #Datacenters #AIPollution #MicrosoftSucks
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Plan would power new #Microsoft #AI #DataCenter with electricity from Pa.'s #ThreeMileIsland #nuclear reactor
Constellation Energy is prepared to invest $1.6 billion to bring the plant's surviving reactor from the 1979 meltdown back online.
By Michael Tanenbaum, PhillyVoice Staff
September 20, 2024Excerpt: "Tech companies favor nuclear power for AI
"In the race to develop artificial intelligence applications, tech companies are scrambling to build data centers, which require enormous amounts of electricity to operate. Such facilities are forecast to make up a growing share of the nation's electricity use in the years to come, prompting companies to look at tapping into existing infrastructure to help meet their needs.
"#NuclearPower is being touted as a cost-effective solution for these data centers that also limits reliance on carbon-producing power sources. Building and directly connecting data centers to nuclear plants is known as co-location, a strategy that industry leaders favor because it's cheaper and faster to do. Proponents also claim it reduces stress on the transmission grids.
[...]
"When Constellation signaled interest in restarting Three Mile Island in July [2024], doubts surfaced about the technical feasibility of the project. Not only would it be the first of its kind, but it will have to be accomplished next to another reactor whose clean-up and decommissioning is expected to continue through 2078.
"The site also remains politically contentious due to the lasting memory of the 1979 accident, which displaced surrounding communities and left a legacy of fear over whether the #radiation released contributed to increased #cancer rates in the vicinity. About 2 million people were exposed to #RadioactiveFallout as a result of the meltdown.
"Public health researchers from Temple, Penn State and the University of Pittsburgh published a report last year finding that long-term studies into the impact of the meltdown were limited by research flaws."
#WaterIsLife #NuclearPowerPlants
#NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #BigTech #NuclearWaste #RethinkNotRestart #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree #Pennsylvania #CancerRates -
#microsoft is preparing #threemileisland to go online again to provide #greenenergy for their #ai #datacenters. I just hope they do #nuclearenergy better than they do #informationsecurity 🫣
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BTW: dunque tra i punti della #Meloni c'è anche lo sviluppo del #nucleare? E il referendum?
#ThreeMileIsland (liv. 5)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accidenthttps://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidente_di_Three_Mile_Island
#Chornobyl (liv. 7)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disasterhttps://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disastro_di_%C4%8Cernobyl%27
#Fukushima (liv. 7)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_nuclear_accidenthttps://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidente_nucleare_di_Fukushima_Dai-ichi
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Aus Fehlern lernen: Das ist auch im #Strahlenschutz absolut notwendig, um Mensch und Umwelt in der Zukunft noch besser zu schützen.
Ein Unfall in einem Kernkraftwerk nahe der US-amerikanischen Stadt Harrisburg im Jahr 1979 führte zum Beispiel zu vielen Neuerungen bei den Sicherheitsstandards für Kernkraftwerke in den USA und bei der Ausbildung des Personals eines KKW.
Was damals genau im Kernkraftwerk #ThreeMileIsland passiert ist, erfahrt ihr hier:
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Eric Epstein lebt unweit des 1979 havarierten Reaktors Three Mile Island 2 Harrisburg. Mit der Initiative Three Mile Island Alert kämpft er gegen die Wiederinbetriebnahme des 2019 eingemotteten Schwesterreaktors TMI 1. Ein Porträt aus dem aktuellen .ausgestrahlt-Magazin:
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Constellation Energy to Buy Power Producer Calpine - Constellation Energy’s deal to buy Calpine is being driven by fast-rising demand for elec... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/business/energy-environment/constellation-energy-calpine.html #mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures #prices(faresfeesandrates) #constellationenergygroup #computersandtheinternet #greenhousegasemissions #artificialintelligence #electriclightandpower #threemileisland(pa) #calpinecorporation #geothermalpower
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"Last year, a tube containing #radioactive Caesium-137 went #missing from the National #PowerPlant 5A Company's facility in #PrachinBuri.. What the #public fears is the ability -- or lack thereof -- of #officials to handle #nuclear #reactor #safety issues and highly #dangerous radioactive #waste"
#Thailand
#safetyfirst VS #HurtFirstFixLater
#FukushimaDisaster #threemileisland
#NuclearPower #NotGreen
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"Last year, a tube containing #radioactive Caesium-137 went #missing from the National #PowerPlant 5A Company's facility in #PrachinBuri.. What the #public fears is the ability -- or lack thereof -- of #officials to handle #nuclear #reactor #safety issues and highly #dangerous radioactive #waste"
#Thailand
#safetyfirst VS #HurtFirstFixLater
#FukushimaDisaster #threemileisland
#NuclearPower #NotGreen
#nuclearwastemanagement -
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"Last year, a tube containing #radioactive Caesium-137 went #missing from the National #PowerPlant 5A Company's facility in #PrachinBuri.. What the #public fears is the ability -- or lack thereof -- of #officials to handle #nuclear #reactor #safety issues and highly #dangerous radioactive #waste"
#Thailand
#safetyfirst VS #HurtFirstFixLater
#FukushimaDisaster #threemileisland
#NuclearPower #NotGreen
#nuclearwastemanagement
