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| It seems that there are currently plans in the works for many data centres to be powered by modular nuclear reactors. It just raises a few questions.
How are they getting local approvals to install them? For many years now it seems the standard excuse for going green instead of nuclear has been blamed on a “not on my backyard” type of attitude from the public. These are being built on someone’s backyard. Is the public being asked if it’s ok now or are they just doing it anyway? If the public is approving it then why would anyone accept them to run data centres but not to keep the lights on in their own homes? That would seem to be an odd choice of priorities.
I imagine that they are being built relatively far away from major cities but the public is well aware that nuclear radiation and fallout can contaminate a large area. They could have been built in those same areas to supply energy for public consumption.
Another question is why are they going nuclear and not all using solar and wind power with battery backups? The industries building these are at the leading edges of high tech and yet they seem to now be choosing nuclear energy over leading edge green energy sources. They have the resources and knowledge at their disposal to use the best of the best as far as current green tech goes. If companies like that aren’t choosing green energy sources then how does it make sense for the relatively low tech bulk energy suppliers of the general public to use green energy? I realize there are some data centres using green energy sources but there certainly seems to be an increasing trend toward nuclear instead of green and I am wondering what the cause and the justification of that trend is.
Does anyone know of plans to install any of these smaller modular nuclear reactors to supply the general public? For many years now during their development I have heard a lot of talk of how beneficial and practical using them for that purpose would be would be but now that they are beginning to be installed every one I hear of has been planned to power a data centre. Does anyone know of one being installed for supplying power for the public? | |
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Using nuclear for data centres
