From efe98c137fd025745f0ffb73a8a4394df7ccaaaa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dane Sabo Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 15:18:23 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] vault backup: 2025-07-14 15:18:23 --- Class Work/NUCE 2122/NUCE_2122_HW3.md | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Class Work/NUCE 2122/NUCE_2122_HW3.md b/Class Work/NUCE 2122/NUCE_2122_HW3.md index 342ecf77..0b8172d9 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