diff --git a/Class Work/NUCE 2122/NUCE_2122_HW3.md b/Class Work/NUCE 2122/NUCE_2122_HW3.md index 342ecf774..0b8172d99 100644 --- a/Class Work/NUCE 2122/NUCE_2122_HW3.md +++ b/Class Work/NUCE 2122/NUCE_2122_HW3.md @@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ Evaluate your target locations by: fossil fuel plants, but is a massive piece of infrastructure that will be less efficient without the NPP -## Su +## ARC: First Commercial Fusion Power Plant +- Commonwealth Fusion Systems is planing to build a 400 MWe tokamak + reactor in the area +- It turns out, fusion technology can be approved at the state level instead + of the federal level. Because of this, the regulatory process is completely + different, and Virginia is super on board. +- The area is desperately going to need additional power, with power + consumption from data centers expected to rise from 10GW to 30GW by 2040 + https://virginiamercury.com/2024/12/18/virginia-to-host-worlds-first-fusion-power-plant/ +- Virginia is the dominant place for data centers in the US, with more than 1 + in 7 data centers being in Virginia. \ No newline at end of file