The biggest nuclear power plants in the world by capacity are across countries including France, South Korea, China and Canada

NextEra Energy and Google have reached an agreement to restart an Iowa nuclear power plant shut five years ago, the companies said on Monday, in another sign that data-center power demand is renewing interest in U.

Google says that turning an old power plant back on is “the fastest path to unlock large-scale nuclear power to meet AI growth in the near-term.” The company is also working with NextEra and Kairos Power to develop next-generation nuclear reactors, but those advanced designs still face lengthy certification and permitting processes.

Google is working with NextEra to reopen the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Iowa to power the tech company's data centers.

The U.S. government inked a partnership with the Canadian owners of Westinghouse Electric on Tuesday that aims to build at least $80 billion in nuclear reactors.

Located along the Lake Michigan shoreline in Covert, Palisades first opened in December 1971 before Entergy closed the plant in May 2022.

NextEra agreed to sell Google electricity from Duane Arnold for 25 years. NextEra is also buying out the plant’s minority owners, Central Iowa Power Cooperative and Corn Belt Power Cooperative, and will sell the remaining electricity from the plant to CIPCO on the same terms Google receives.

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry denounced on Friday what it described as Russian attacks on substations critical to supplying external power for Ukraine's nuclear power stations. Russia has carried out "targeted strikes on such substations",

According to officials, an excess of hydrogen was directed to a flare system and safely where it was "combusted under controlled conditions."

Authorities say there was no fire or injuries after crews were called to a nuclear power plant in Salem Township Tuesday night. The Salem Township Fire Department posted on Facebook that they were called at about 7:15 p.