Nuclear energy Archives

Meta reaches agreement to buy electricity from Beaver Valley nuclear plant to fuel AI data centers

Reid Frazier·January 12, 2026

Increased power demand from AI has given a boost to the nation’s nuclear industry, as a source of zero-carbon electricity, to an increasingly power-hungry tech industry.

Energy Technology

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Next-generation nuclear reactors will be smaller, safer, Pa. House Energy Committee hears

Pennsylvania Capital-Star·November 21, 2025

The panel is set to vote on legislation to allow regulators to set lower fees for small modular reactors.

Economy Energy

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Pennsylvania is ‘poised to lead the next era’ in AI and energy, McCormick says at CMU summit

Chris Potter·July 15, 2025

U.S. Sen. McCormick kicked off the summit on AI and energy by pledging to unveil tens of billions of dollars in investment. Gas, coal and nuclear are being pushed to power the needed data centers.

Economy Energy Politics

Next up for nuclear power: small, transportable and made in a factory near Pittsburgh

Julia Fraser·March 17, 2025

Small, transportable and mass-produced “microreactors” are seen as part of the future of nuclear power. And it's underway in Etna, where Westinghouse scientists are at work developing a nuclear microreactor called eVinci.

Economy Energy

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Nuclear boosters, skeptics eyeing Three Mile Island restart

Rachel McDevitt·October 22, 2024

Labor, training and inspections are just some of the variables as TMI prepares to go back online, something no other nuclear plant has done after shutting down.

Economy Energy

Community Group Created to Advise Three Mile Island Cleanup

Rachel McDevitt·March 26, 2021

A citizens committee will now help guide the decommissioning of the plant’s infamous Unit 2 reactor, which partially melted down in 1979. One question is what should be done with the radioactive waste.

Energy

Federal Agency Approves Transfer of TMI-2 for Decommissioning

Rachel McDevitt·December 4, 2020

The partial meltdown of the Three Mile Island reactor is still the country’s most serious accident at a nuclear power plant.

Energy

Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station to Stay Open Because of Pa’s Climate Plan

Reid Frazier·March 16, 2020

New owners say they won't close the plant, as long as the Governor's cap-and-trade plan goes through.

Climate Change Energy

Thyroid Cancer Study Re-Ignites Debate over Three Mile Island Accident

Brett Sholtis·January 3, 2020

Many thyroid cancer patients point to the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island 40 years ago as the cause of their disease. A Penn State College of Medicine study shows a correlation.

Energy Health

The Enrico Fermi Nuclear Power Plant, on Lake Erie near Detroit, Michigan. Photo: James Marvin Phelps via Flickr

Can we save nuclear energy by loosening safety standards?

Julie Grant·August 16, 2019

The federal government is proposing some safety rollbacks for nuclear energy plants. Even nuclear supporters are worried.

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Meta reaches agreement to buy electricity from Beaver Valley nuclear plant to fuel AI data centers

Next-generation nuclear reactors will be smaller, safer, Pa. House Energy Committee hears

Pennsylvania is ‘poised to lead the next era’ in AI and energy, McCormick says at CMU summit

Next up for nuclear power: small, transportable and made in a factory near Pittsburgh

Nuclear boosters, skeptics eyeing Three Mile Island restart

Community Group Created to Advise Three Mile Island Cleanup

Federal Agency Approves Transfer of TMI-2 for Decommissioning

Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station to Stay Open Because of Pa’s Climate Plan

Thyroid Cancer Study Re-Ignites Debate over Three Mile Island Accident

Can we save nuclear energy by loosening safety standards?