U.S. needs major nuclear power expansion to meet rising electricity demand, Southern Company CEO says

The U.S. needs to install more than 10 gigawatts of new nuclear power, said Chris Womack, the CEO of Southern Company.📺 Los Angeles news 24/7: Watch NBC4 free wherever you are

"This country will need more nuclear plants going forward," Chris Womack said at the Reuters Global Energy Transition conference in New York City."It's upwards of 10 large gigawatts of nuclear power that I think we have to have going forward," the CEO said. This is equivalent to about 10 new nuclear plants with a single reactor each. The typical reactor in the U.S. produces about a gigawatt of electricity, according to the.

"A lot of this is dependent and contingent upon what we see with artificial intelligence and all those large learning models and what data centers will consume," Womack said."You're also seeing in the Southeast, this incredible population growth and you're seeing all this onshoring with manufacturing."

Womack said 80% of the demand Southern Company is facing between now and the end of the decade will be supplied by

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