Comment on Constellation Energy plans to invest $1.6B to revive the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania and sell all the output to Microsoft for AI energy demands.

• catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It does emit heat. If using a flowing water source like a river for cooling, it does raise the temperature of the water a measurable amount, which must be accounted for in an environmental impact analysis.

  But that’s still leagues better than burning fossil fuels.

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  • EherNicht@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Agree

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• reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Three mile island certainly gave off pollution. Scientists are studying if people downwind of it ended up getting thyroid cancer as a result.

  whyy.org/…/thyroid-cancer-study-re-ignites-debate…

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