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   Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Sep-2024 22:55:36 JST Warner Crocker

   What could possibly go wrong?

   Microsoft wants Three Mile Island to fuel its AI power needs https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/20/24249770/microsoft-three-mile-island-nuclear-power-plant-deal-ai-data-centers

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     Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Sep-2024 23:06:09 JST Warner Crocker

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     • Paul Chambers

     @paul I guess my apprehension is just how much energy AI is going to require might not fall within any previous limits and workloads during the period that it operated safely.

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     Paul Chambers (paul@oldfriends.live)'s status on Friday, 20-Sep-2024 23:06:10 JST Paul Chambers

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     @WarnerCrocker It operated safely for the greater part for several decade, until recently, after the incident in the 70s.

     Part of this story I read locally that irked me is, they plan to put it back online, which will cost $1.6 billion, with federal subsidies earmarked for nuclear power in the 2022 Inflation Recovery Act.