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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: QP: The Nuclear Comeback Skips Oregon
Description: On October 14, Google announced that it will finance the construction of seven small nuclear reactors in the U.S. built by energy start-up Kairos Power. The agreement will provide 500 megawatts of clean, reliable electricity to feed Google’s growing need for data centers.
This follows on the September 20th announcement by Microsoft and Constellation Energy that the Unit 1 nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island Generating Station will be re-started and Microsoft will buy all the output.
 These kinds of energy solutions are not allowed in Oregon because nuclear power has been banned for over 40 years. Coa...