Comment on US slows plans to retire coal plants because of AI power usage

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Vash63@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

The problem isn’t function or safety, it’s cost. It isn’t cost effective to build or renovate a nuclear plant compared to wind or solar. If you have one in good condition, it makes sense to let it run its lifetime, but it makes little sense to build new.

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