Microsoft has signed its largest power purchase agreement to date with Constellation Energy to reactivate the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, which has been shut down since 2019. The reason is to supply the 835 MW of carbon-free electricity for 20 years to power its artificial intelligence data centres.

Holtec International has requested the reactivation of the Palisades nuclear power plant after being closed in 2022 and after 51 years of operation. The regulatory body is expected to make a decision in August 2025.

La sede del Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica (OIEA) ha celebrado del 8 al 12 de julio en Viena la reunión “Advancing the Global Monitoring of Marine Plastic Pollution under the IAEA NUTEC Plastics Initiative”, que ha contado con la participación de representantes de 63 países, entre ellos Foro Nuclear.