Why we need Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant
Opinion by AdamVerdin
August 6, 2024
As a South San Luis Obispo County resident and business owner who is interested in public safety, our local economy, water resiliency, and state electrical power capacity, I recently visited Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant for the first time.
I was impressed by their adherence to a culture of safety. My experience as a professional pilot has taught me that safety largely involves methodical compliance to a good process, and training to have the capacity to respond to a variety of situations.
Desperate for power, AI hosts turn to nuclear industry
AI's breakneck adoption rate is drawing more energy than the US electrical grid can sustain. AI host companies are hoping to nuclear power plants can help meet their energy needs.
As data centers grow to run larger artificial intelligence (AI) models to feed a breakneck adoption rate, the electricity needed to power vast numbers of GPU-filled servers is skyrocketing.
Federal push to add nuclear power begins
Lawmakers took historic action on clean energy last month, and hardly anyone seems to have noticed.
Congress passed a bill to help reinvigorate the anemic U.S. nuclear industry, with the support of President Biden and 88 senators.
The bill, known as the Advance Act, is precisely the kind of move the government should be taking to fight climate change. It shows that large bipartisan majorities can help protect the planet without giving in to the endless politicking that has killed so many energy reforms in the past.
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Bill Gates says nuclear power is the only way to fully decarbonize grids
On-demand around-the-clock power, the kind that an advanced nuclear reactor can provide, is the only way to decarbonize the world's electric grids, Bill Gates tells Axios.
Why it matters: The Microsoft co-founder has invested more than $1 billion in reactor developer TerraPower to build a new type of American nuclear energy.
How a nuclear bill became this Congress’ first big energy win
By Andres Picon
"The bipartisan nuclear energy package had a turbulent path to passage. Climate and economic benefits helped secure support."
"Almost every senator present supported legislation Tuesday to encourage nuclear energy development."
In what has become an exceedingly rare phenomenon, lawmakers on Capitol Hill this week reached across the aisle and coalesced around a piece of energy legislation to send it to President Joe Biden’s desk.
The support was resounding. The sweeping nuclear energy bill known as the “ADVANCE Act” sailed through the Senate as part of S. 870, the “Fire Grants and Safety Act,” on an 88-2 vote Tuesday, just over a month after the package garnered more than 390 votes in the House.
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