US is reviving shuttered nuclear plants to meet growing electricity demand and to power data centers

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US is reviving shuttered nuclear plants to meet growing electricity demand and to power data centers

https://apnews.com/article/climate-nuclear-power-reactors-21dd249d5e03667b6d4c06687777c859

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Energy developers in the United States are attempting to restart three previously shuttered commercial nuclear reactors to supply electricity to growing data centers. This marks an unprecedented operational effort in the domestic industry, as no commercial reactor has successfully resumed generation after entering the decommissioning process.

The United States is making an unprecedented attempt to revive three shuttered nuclear plants to meet growing demand, especially from data centers

The United States is making an unprecedented attempt to revive three shuttered nuclear plants to meet rising energy demand, including from large-scale data centers.

No commercial nuclear reactor is known to have resumed generating electricity after beginning the decommissioning process that takes one out of service, though some reactors have restarted after long outages.

Related coverage at The Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2026/10/16/climate-nuclear-power-reactors/7b7d9a76-c961-11f1-aefb-abe4112d087e_story.html