Big party for Altman et al these days, who have been advocating (lobbying) a lot for this. The US, and the world at large needs more electricity, and nuclear probably does have it's place in the mix. Just hope we do not spend all the new capacity on "AI". And most importantly, that nuclear safety continues to be highly prioritized every step of the way.
An unexpected way for pro-nuclear-power fans to get the ball rolling on accelerated approvals for new reactors, but I'm sure they will gladly accept it.
We could probably double our solar and battery capacity in the same time as it takes to build a Nuclear Power plant even with removing all the barriers.
I was excited for using mini-reactors in coal plants but then when I realized that former coal plants are too radioactive to safely operate a nuclear plant without extensive cleanup was when I realized nuclear was a dead end.
Nuclear container ships though.
We could free up a lot of capacity by somehow taxing/regulating the externalities of bitcoin to get people to use etherium (if they must use cryto).
Hard to believe that AI or any kind of acceleration towards digital economy (cloud etc) is responsible for the world's energy crisis. Could it be the over-consumption and production in the physical economy that's the culprit maybe?
If data centers generate that much heat, which is the only reason it consumes significant energy, then should the focus be capturing that and turn it into another energy source?