Amazon to fund proposed nuclear plant in Indiana on former coal station site

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Amazon has signed an agreement with X-energy and American Electric Power to finance a new nuclear energy facility in Indiana. The proposed plant would be built on the site of the now-closed Breed Generating Station in Sullivan County, which previously ran on coal. It is designed to supply up to 960 megawatts of carbon-free power to the regional grid and to Amazon's data centers. No construction or operation timeline has been announced, and Amazon says the project could generate 1,000 construction jobs and 100 permanent positions. The plan calls for 12 Xe-100 small modular reactors, a technology that has not yet been proven at scale.

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