Prediction - Nuclear Power Will Be More Than 30% Of New Installed Capacity In 10 years In USA

Prediction Date - 22nd Nov 2024 / End Date - 22nd Nov 2034

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In 2024 the % of new power coming online is 98% renewable.

But Nuclear is just 2%. Nuclear Energy is on a revival and the future we were promised in 1960s is now finally coming to fruition.

The energy required by AI services can only be fulfilled with Nuclear Plants. The energy requirement of running AI at scale is so huge that Microsoft, Amazon and Google all of them are now buying large amounts of energy from Nuclear plants as reported by New York Times.

I predict that this will kickstart a renaissance in Nuclear Energy development and it will start becoming the dominant way to generate energy in the next decade.

I, for one, am very happy to see this. The future is Nuclear, and not just the large power plants we see, but something much cooler. I am writing a future essay on my thoughts of how I think it will evolve in the long term.

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