Edward Carver is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
The corporation that owns the shuttered nuclear plant on Three Mile Island on Friday announced a deal with Microsoft to reopen the facility to provide power to the tech company for data centers using artificial intelligence. Three Mile Island is well-known as the site of largest nuclear disaster in U.S. history—a reactor there, Unit 2, partially melted down in 1979. However, the site's other reactor, Unit 1, continued to operate safely until 2019, when it was closed for economic reasons.
nuclear plant to reopen, and the first to provide all of its power to one corporation, according to The New York Times. Microsoft and Constellation didn't disclose the financial details of the deal. About 19% of electricity in the U.S. comes from nuclear power, and a drive for 'clean energy,' as well as the IRA credits, have spurred growth in the sector.
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