Big Tech Companies Aim to Develop Small Nuclear Reactors — VOA Learning English
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Technology company Amazon recently said it is investing in small nuclear reactors to meet its increasing need for electricity.
Amazon’s announcement came two days after a similar statement from technology company Google.
Nuclear power is gaining attention as the owner of the Three Mile Island nuclear power station in Pennsylvania announced last month that it will restart the reactor there.
The goal is to sell the energy from the nuclear station to Microsoft to power its huge data centers.
All three companies, Microsoft, Amazon and Google, operate large data centers. They have been spending a lot of money on solar and wind power to create and use electricity that does not produce greenhouse…
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