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Google Data Centers Will Bring Nuclear Power Back To Tornado Country

Inside Climate News · By Anika Jane Beamer · last updated
A destructive storm in 2020 prematurely shut down Iowa’s only nuclear plant. With Google’s plans to reopen it to power nearby data centers, will extreme weather threaten the reactor’s safety?

By Anika Jane Beamer

When a derecho slammed into the Duane Arnold nuclear plant in 2020, Diana Lokenvitz had time for exactly one glance out her window.

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