Microsoft Has Cut a Deal to Fulfill Its AI Datacenter Needs with Nuclear Power from Three Mile Island

[Endgame]

Fusion is the future. I just wish we would chase it a little harder

 

[Riccochet]

Fusion is the future. I just wish we would chase it a little harder

I agree. Problem is even if they figured it out today we'd still be 30-40 years away from ever seeing an operational plant in the U.S. There is so much red tape that it would take 10 years just to clear the regulatory hurdles. Then you'd have every environmental nutjob in the country trying to stop it. Then you'd have every NIMBY nutjob trying to stop it. Then you'd have every person/company connected to solar/wind/coal/NG trying to stop it.

While countries like China, Russia, all of the EU would be looking at us like we're all a bunch of nutjobs while they have plants going up left and right.

 

[Denpepe]

all of the EU would be looking at us like we're all a bunch of nutjobs

You would be surprised how a couple of nutjobs can hold back anyuthing in the EU, probably worse then in the US. Here in Belgium, a footbal team (soccer for you US'ers) has been trying to get their new stadium approved for the last 20+ years, if there is as much as a rare rodent living on the grounds, forget it, if one guy living in the area thinks there will be too much noise or traffic or whatever, no go.

The NIMBY is strong here too, and while in the US there is still a lot of open space, Belgium for exapmle is already pretty full making things even harder.

 

[Brian_B]

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for nuke power (I spent a few years in that industry myself).

I just like to point out the double standard.