Google Data Centers Are Returning Nuclear Power to Tornado Country
Interestingly, anika jane beamersciencedec 13, 2025 7:00 amgoogle data centers are returning nuclear power to tornado countrya destructive storm in 2020 prematurely shut down iowa’s only nuclear plant In recent developments, with google’s plans to reopen it to power nearby data centers, will extreme weather threaten the reactor’s safety?a view of the duane arnold energy center in palo, iowaphotograph: nextera energysave storysave this storysave storysave this storythis story originally appeared on inside climate news and is part of the climate desk collaboration In recent developments, when a derecho slammed into the duane arnold nuclear plant in 2020, diana lokenvitz had time for exactly one glance out her window Experts suggest that a wall of clouds had poured in from the west, swallowing palo, iowa, in darkness In recent developments, “it was like it was pitch black night,” the senior systems engineer at the plant recalled In recent developments, then, the alarm began to sound This highlights that within seconds of the storm hitting the plant, 130-mile-per-hour winds had severed all six of its external power lines, triggering an automatic emergency shutdown In recent developments, backup diesel generators roared to life, and large control rods slid into the reactor core to halt the fission reaction driving the plant’s energy production
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