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Nuclear power for AI: what it will take to reopen Three Mile Island safely
- brookst 2y agoSpoiler: the reopening is "unprecedented", but only in the regulatory context because when the plant was closed in 2019, the operator declared it a permanent closure so the inspection regime changed, and now they have to change it back (and catch any lapses). > Because the plants were slated for shutdown and safety checks were therefore stopped, regulators and companies must now navigate a complex licensing, oversight and environmental-assessment process to reverse the plants’ decommissioning. Still noteworthy and I'm sure it's a lot of work, but it's not the first time a plant has been restarted (as the article notes).