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Re:Three Mile Island nuclear plant restart in Microsoft AI p... by chickenbig on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @05:37AM (#41634785)
> Accidents in other energy sources don't render 1,000 square miles of land uninhabitable.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Texas_power_crisis

  The grid came within minutes of overloading and shutting down completely, which would have required a slow and costly black start.
That would have rendered 268,596 square miles uninhabitable, at least for several weeks plus recovery time.

How about https://www.ferc.gov/media/winter-storm-elliott-report-inqui... ?

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