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How much more can nuclear power plants give?

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In this age of rising electricity demand, people are trying to squeeze every last bit of power out of every power plant possible.



Over the past few weeks, there’s been big news about nuclear power plants trying to do just that. Constellation, the largest nuclear operator in the US, announced plans to add nearly a gigawatt of new capacity across 11 existing nuclear reactors at six plants. And on October 5, the Department of Energy awarded a $4.2 billion loan to Vistra for previously announced

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