Microsoft has signed an agreement with Constellation Energy Corporation, the owner of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, to restart the plant and provide technology companies with clean energy to run artificial intelligence.
The 20-year agreement between Microsoft and #Constellation calls for the restoration of Unit 1 at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant and the construction of the Crane Clean Energy Center.
This is part of tech giant Microsoft's commitment to provide its artificial intelligence business with carbon-free energy.
As part of the deal, Constellation Energy will supply Microsoft with 835 megawatts of energy and spend about $1.6 billion to bring the facility online.
#Carbon dioxide emissions by energy type. Source: International Atomic Energy Agency.
But to restart operations, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), as well as state and local authorities, must obtain permission.
September 12, industry leaders from tech giants such as Open #AI , Microsoft and Google met at the White House to discuss the future of energy infrastructure for artificial intelligence.
said Phil Harvey, CEO of Sabre56, an expert in building and operating data centers and #mining facilities, As a result, the entire reactor was shut down and the pressure in the nuclear plant's pipes increased.
To reduce the pressure increase, a relief valve was opened that was supposed to automatically close when the pressure dropped to a certain level. The valve remained open, resulting in a catastrophic loss of coolant that overheated and partially melted the entire reactor core. nn A diagram of the permanently shutdown Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor No. 2. Source: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Residents living within a five-mile radius of the accident site were ordered to evacuate and could have received radiation poisoning. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission continues to maintain that the accident poses no threat to the environment or human health
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