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A shuttered nuclear plant rumbles back to life to power artificial intelligence at the site of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history. What could possibly go wrong?

The question just became concrete, after Microsoft announced last week that it had signed a deal that will reactivate a unit of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania. Three Mile Island became shorthand for the worst case scenario of nuclear energy, after a partial meltdown in 1979 exposed about 2 million people to radiation and made nuclear anathema in American politics and energy.

Now, though, nuclear energy is making a comeback, and tech is playing a key role. Gallup found support for nuclear energy the highest it’s been in a decade. Silicon Valley in particular has touted nuclear as a reliable, carbon-free source of power.