US utilities plot big rise in electricity rates as data centre demand booms

Re:US utilities plot big rise in electricity rates as data c... by philipkglass on Thursday July 10, 2025 @03:46PM (#44524726)

"First concrete for US advanced reactor"

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/first-concrete-f...

"Westinghouse, Radiant to perform first US microreactor tests"

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/westinghouse-rad...

"Utah to host NuCube test reactor"

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/utah-to-host-nuc...

"Oklo named to supply microreactor for Alaska airbase"

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/oklo-named-to-su...

"New York Governor announces plans for new nuclear plant"

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/new-york-governo...

And the US completed its latest commercial power reactor just last year:

https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails....

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Re:US utilities plot big rise in electricity rates as data c... by Workaccount2 on Thursday July 10, 2025 @03:56PM (#44524828)

I can tell you first hand that the regulatory strangulation the NRC has is far beyond any other agency.

You think aircraft have intense safety regulations and eye watering parts cost to meet it? Nuclear makes airplanes look like a dive bar of accountability. I really cannot overstate how insanely dense and paralyzing nuclear regs they are.

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Re:US utilities plot big rise in electricity rates as data c... by asdff on Thursday July 10, 2025 @03:56PM (#44524833)

We should have been getting those headlines in the 1950s not the mid 2020s. Thank the AEC for that.

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