Inside Three Mile Island’s Revolutionary Restart

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Thanks again to Constellation for sponsoring this video and for trusting us enough to tell this story correctly. Unit 2 of the Three Mile Island nuclear generating station experienced a partial meltdown in 1979, but what a lot of people don’t know is that Three Mile Island Unit 1 continued to run, safely and reliably, until it was shut down in 2019 for economic reasons. Today, Unit 1 is scheduled for an unprecedented restart in 2028. Thanks to Microsoft and its AI datacenters, the power plant is rising from the ashes of a communication meltdown, and I’m taking you inside. SOURCES: https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/26/1104516/three-mile-island-microsoft/ https://www.constellationenergy.com/newsroom/2024/Constellation-to-Launch-Crane-Clean-Energy-Center-Restoring-Jobs-and-Carbon-Free-Power-to-The-Grid.html https://www.ans.org/news/article-6611/meta-seeks-nuclear-power-for-ai-data-center-support/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c748gn94k95o https://www.npr.org/2024/09/20/nx-s1-5120581/three-mile-island-nuclear-power-plant-microsoft-ai https://www.oecd-nea.org/jcms/pl_51110/projected-costs-of-generating-electricity-2020-edition?id=pl_51110&preview=true https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/26/1104516/three-mile-island-microsoft/ https://pabuildingtrades.org/ULWSiteResources/pabctc/Resources/file/News-Events/CCEC/CCEC-Brattle-Report-Complete.pdf 💪 JOIN [THE FACILITY] for members-only live streams, behind-the-scenes posts, and the official Discord: https://www.patreon.com/kylehill 👕 NUCLEAR WASTE WARNING MERCH OUT NOW! https://shop.kylehill.net 🎥 SUB TO THE GAMING CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfTNPE8mXGBZPC1nfVtOJTw ✅ MANDATORY LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, AND TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS 📲 FOLLOW ME ON SOCIETY-RUINING SOCIAL MEDIA: 📷 https://www.instagram.com/sci_Phile/ 😎: Kyle 🎬: Charles Shattuck 🎞: Kevin Onofreo ✂: Nate Berger 📝: @adef 🤖: @clairemax 🎨: Thorsten Denk https://www.z1mt.com/ 🎼: @mey 🎹: bensound.com 🎨: Mr. Mass https://youtube.com/c/MysteryGiftMovie 🎵: freesound.org