Nuclear power was first thought to be an almost unlimited source of relatively clean energy that could meet the world’s demands long into the future. Unfortunately, disasters like Three Mile Island, and Chernobyl quickly soured public perception of the energy source,

When a plant is slated for shutdown, many of those workers leave the area or retire. So to restart a nuclear facility, operators need to get their teams back together, sometimes bringing workers out of retirement while recruiting and training new ones.

The U.S. announced a plan to dramatically expand nuclear power during the next few decades, as electricity demands escalate. Why it matters: The U.S. faces an increasing electricity demand amid the expansion of data centers used for artificial intelligence,

The Biden administration on Tuesday released a roadmap for plans to triple U.S. nuclear capacity by the middle of the century. The plan sets a goal of 200 gigawatts of new capacity by 2050, more than three times the 2020 capacity.