Restart Closed US Nuclear Plants? Only a Few Would Work
- Possibly only three retired US plants suitable for restarts
- Clean power from reactors seen as key to data center boom
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With electricity demand surging across the US, nuclear power advocates want to restart some of the 13 reactors that closed in the last decade, saying their carbon-free energy is needed more than ever.
But only a handful of retired nuclear plants have a realistic chance of being revived, analysts say — perhaps as few as three. All the others are either damaged or being dismantled, piece by piece.