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How to bring a dead nuclear power plant back to life

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More than a dozen US nuclear power plants have shut down since 2013 .

Tech companies are looking to revive shuttered nuclear plants.

Restarting plants is a critical test for nuclear power in the US , and how they fare will bolster or erode confidence in nuclear deployment.

Palisades, Three Mile Island , and Duane Arnold shut down relatively recently, but they’ve still been offline for years .

Nuclear operators have to meticulously investigate all the parts of their offline facilities before they get the thumbs-up to power up again.

The biggest challenge for nuclear restarts may not be the hardware or regulations, but competition.

Michigan is experiencing growing electricity demand, particularly as hotter summers increase cooling needs.

The state also sees an opportunity to get a piece of the AI action and is instituting tax breaks for new data centers.

Revived plants like Palisades can’t keep running forever though.

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