You’ve read here from Your Survival Guy that the data centers that will power AI, the cloud, and crypto will need a massive amount of electricity. America’s abundant coal and gas power are being shunned by radical Washington, D.C. progressives, and despite every effort and subsidy, solar and wind can’t possibly fill the demand from data centers. That leaves nuclear power as the one potential option currently on the table. Chris Womack, the CEO of Southern Company (owners of the Vogtle Plant), has suggested that he expects more commitments to build nuclear power in the U.S. by 2030. Reuters reports:
Southern Company began commercial operations on its Vogtle 4 reactor this year as part of the first nuclear power plant to be constructed in the country in more than 30 years.
“You’re seeing them now show up in a number of integrated resource planning processes,” Womack said at the American Nuclear Society conference in Las Vegas. “The question becomes: is there willingness to push through?”
Womack said he expected announced plans in 2027 or 2028 to construct similar reactors, which are larger than the advanced small modular reactors that have not yet been built in the country, although he did not specify which companies would make the announcements.
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