Nuclear energy could fill power needs but demand more Arizona uranium

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A growing number of energy experts and elected officials say the United States should begin building nuclear power plants again to meet the growing needs of artificial intelligence and data centers.

Some proponents say nuclear energy is the only power source that can reliably meet demand without increasing the greenhouse gases that fuel climate change.

Environmental groups and other critics fear contamination by radioactive materials, especially the waste from power plants that still lack a long-term repository.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — Nuclear is back, they said.

The question facing the governors and lawmakers and energy industry boosters who declared this comeback while celebrating a new test reactor was whether to call the momentum a “renaissance.” It’s a word that