Terawulf just launched the first Bitcoin mining operation in the U.S. powered entirely by nuclear energy.
They partnered up with Cumulus Coin, LLC. to get their Nautilus Cryptomine going in Pennsylvania, and it looks like about half of it is already online. This facility is fully powered by the 2.5 GW Susquehanna nuclear power plant.
When fully operational, it will hit 50 MW and 1.9 EH/s, plus Terawulf has plans to potentially double its mining capacity in the future.
Paul Prager, the chairman and CEO of Terawulf, mentioned that they recently got the Nautilus facility energized, and they've got around 16,000 miners set up, which equals that 1.9 EH/s of self-mining power, being activated every day.
He also pointed out that this nuclear mining setup has some of the cheapest energy costs in the game, just $0.02 per kWh locked in for five years.
Magdalena Gronowska, a mining consultant and co-founder of Citadel 256, wrote about how nuclear energy could really change the Bitcoin mining scene. She highlighted that nuclear offers a carbon-free, dependable, and economical energy source. Sure, it has its downsides like nuclear waste, but every energy type has its pros and cons. A mix of different energy sources is definitely needed.
Looks like you are a little late as there's another thread that contains some discussions from members that was posted exactly 2 weeks ago
It might be able place to look into if you are planning to add your opinion
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In my opinion mining Bitcoin with Nuclear power energy is not realistic because there are almost of regulations to run Atomic or nuclear power because only governments can allow this.
And if we do this than it would be sustainable energy but there could be a lot of cost to the staff because they have to monitor these mining facilities. That's why I will recommend alternative options and that are described below
1. Solar Power
2. Wind mill
3. Water Source of Energy
No one in a country can use nuclear power at will. If you want to use nuclear energy, you have to get permission from the government first and the government will not give this permission so easily. Because nuclear energy is very harmful to the environment. And using nuclear power is very expensive. Even if the government allows you, you still have to think about its high cost.
The three points you mentioned are all three points valid but one has to consider what kind of environment he lives in. That is, if he wants to produce electricity through solar panels, he must choose an environment where the sunlight stays for a long time and the intensity of the sun is high. If it is an environment for makeup then this method will not be useful.
For wind mill use, a place with a lot of wind should be selected so that the flywells rotate a lot and the flywells produce electricity due to the horses.
And the last point is hydroelectricity . generating electricity by harnessing the flow of water. To adopt this method, mountain rivers should be selected where there are many streams. The more current there is, the more intelligence will be produced. If he can choose such a place then these methods will be useful for him.
Energy is energy. When you use clean energy, you only pay for your energy upfront. The difference between nuclear and clean is the space. How many wind mills and solar panels would you need to feed a farm like what OP described? I guess it would be a lot. And then you need to have a very big field to store these mills and panels, you need to do their maintenance etc see where I am going? When you use nuclear, none of these needed. Plug in and done. Clean energy is not practical and certainly not clean when it is used on a very big scale.
Nuclear power plant is not as simple as you say. To set up a nuclear power plant, not only a country's permission should be obtained, but the permission to construct a nuclear power plant should be obtained from the international level. And I don't think anyone can accept such a permit from the international level.
There should be no residential areas within a few hundred kilometers of the location of the nuclear power plant. Then you understand how dangerous nuclear power plants are for human life. And how threatening to human life. So mining bitcoins using nuclear power plants is very challenging and the chances of success are very low. Because if you have applied for permission to set up a nuclear power plant at national level or international level then you may not get any positive news from there.
"International permission"? When mankind cannot even agree to end wars which just so happens to be a bigger threat to survival than any source of power? Riiiigggghhhhttt.. And I'd like to fly and spit diamonds - don't see that happening either.
Just what apparently very colorful and wacky world with everyone singing Kumbaya & hugging do you live in? Yes, nuclear power is dangerous if proper design & operation rules are not followed. Guess what, so is any power plant regardless its type.
With proper location away from earth faults and tsunami areas along with having properly trained operators nuclear power is safer and does far less environmental damage than almost any other type of power.
There is actually really an international atomic organization that has very strict rules on how an nuclear power reactor has to run. Yes they have no right to enforce it, but actually basically all countries do comply with those rules, because if you do not comply in your own country also other countries will stop to comply. And if the reactor in your neighbor country explodes it becomes also your problem very quickly...
You have a serious misconception of what the IAEA is and does. A good place to start is here.
Established in 1957, more than anything it is a clearinghouse of research and real-world facility operations databases covering all aspects of nuclear programs involving power generation and *other* uses.
Because of the open flow of information between researchers along with industry and government representatives, yes it has countless whitepapers covering what should be best practices in design and operations but there are no guidelines per-se. It is a (theoretically) non-political, independent and globally recognized 3rd-party monitor of nuclear programs. The IAEA has zero say in the licensing processes. That is entirely up to each countries governments. Same applies to said governments even allowing IAEA access to information about their nuclear programs.
Exactly. IAEA isn't a licensing organization, but a congregate that enforces the use of clean and safe nuclear energy, while at the same time inhibiting potentials for its use in advanced warfare. Ultimately yes countries can choose to disregard decisions made by them but since this is a scientific organization not entirely tied with the US, they literally have no reasons to not follow its strict rules, lest they want Chernobyl 2: Nuclear Boogaloo. But I digress, point is, the power plant is operational, the bitcoins are getting mined using Nuclear Energy, and everyone is relatively happy at this point. Well save for the radical environmentalists which I suspect are putting up signages and banners outside the doors of the building telling everyone off and exposing how "bad" the bitcoin industry is lmao.