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If you needed any more proof that North America is on the cusp of a nuclear-power renaissance, consider the U.S. Department of Energy’s move last week to provide a US$1-billion loan to the owner of Three Mile Island to restart the Pennsylvania facility whose very name has long been associated with the perils of producing electricity through nuclear fission.

The partial meltdown of one of Three Mile Island’s reactors in 1979 is what brought a previous nuclear-energy boom to an end, as fears of another accident permeated the public consciousness. Now, surging demand for electricity to run data centres powering artificial intelligence is fuelling a new nuclear era.

This nuclear renaissance is getting a major assist from U.S. President Donald Trump , who signed an executive

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