The town’s plan to build affordable housing got muddled when a developer expressed interest in building an AI data center at the same site.
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Community panel to discuss future of former Wiscasset nuclear site
The Maine Yankee Community Advisory Panel is set to meet Sept. 30 in Wiscasset.
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Nuclear power is making a comeback in the U.S. But not in Maine.
The cost to build a plant and lengthy regulatory reviews are cited as reasons why Maine is not joining other states looking to revive nuclear energy.
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Amazon, Google make dueling nuclear investments to power data centers
Tech giants Amazon and Google are investing in the next generation of nuclear reactors.
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Federal court sides with Avangrid in dispute over western Maine power corridor
A New Hampshire nuclear power station owned by NextEra must perform a safety upgrade critical to Avangrid’s 145-mile NECEC transmission line through western Maine, a federal appeals court ruled this month.
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Three Mile Island nuclear plant owner seeks taxpayer backing for Microsoft deal
A taxpayer-backed loan could give Microsoft and Three Mile Island owner Constellation Energy a major boost in their unprecedented bid to steer all the power from a U.S. nuclear plant to a single company.
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The AI boom may breathe new life into Three Mile Island plant
The owner of the shuttered nuclear power plant says it plans to restart the reactor under a 20-year agreement that calls for tech giant Microsoft to buy the power to supply its data centers.
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France warns of nuclear cuts as European heat intensifies
The French utility uses water to cool its reactors before releasing it into the rivers, and overheating the waterway can threaten fish and other wildlife.
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Bill Gates moves ahead with nuclear project aimed at revolutionizing power generation
An energy company owned by the co-founder of Microsoft has broken ground in Wyoming on an advanced nuclear reactor that uses sodium, not water, for cooling.
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IAEA warns that attacks on a nuclear plant in Russian-controlled Ukraine put the world at risk
Russia and Ukraine are trading blame before the United Nations Security Council for the attacks on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.