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News

Dormant SoCal Nuke Plant Leaks Radioactive Material near Pacific for Second Time in Six Weeks

By Ed Moltzen · November 5, 2026

A dormant Southern California nuclear plant that now stores nuclear waste accidentally leaked wastewater containing radioactive material toward the Pacific Ocean for the second time in six weeks.

About 900 gallons of water containing radioactive tritium leaked at Southern California’s shuttered San Onofre nuclear plant after a hose coupling separated, according to a report the Nuclear Regulatory Commission published Thursday, six weeks after another accidental wastewater discharge at the site. Southern California Edison told the NRC that workers were pumping water from the Unit 3 sump to an…

Finance

TeraWulf’s AI lease revenue grows as financing risks draw scrutiny

Data center operator TeraWulf reported sharply higher computing lease revenue Friday as executives outlined financing for a $19 billion contract with Anthropic, the developer of the Claude AI…

By Ed Moltzen · November 6, 2026

Buildout Tracker

Delta Forge 2

Buildout Tracker (beta): Applied Digital's Delta Forge 2 in Brookwood, Ala., carries a 210 MW, $5.2 billion hyperscaler lease and a stated $3.2 billion investment, but no county or city record of its incentive deal is posted and no Alabama Power contract petition has reached state regulators.

Data Centers

Core Scientific revenue nearly triples as AI hosting expands; shares fall in market rout

Core Scientific reported sharply higher revenue and profit Thursday as more data center capacity began generating revenue, while…

Data Centers

A Maryland County Extends Data Center Pause Through Feb. ‘28

Carroll County, Maryland, extended its pause on data center development through Feb. 19, 2028, allowing time to consider…

Buildout Tracker

Kahla Project

Buildout Tracker (beta): the Kahla Project near Marquez in Leon County, Texas — Crusoe Technologies' $34 billion abatement application on 805 acres, set aside by the Commissioners Court in July 2026 with no reinvestment zone, no power filing and a county judge asking the state for no incentives, which is where it stood when Gov. Abbott froze every data center in ERCOT's queue on Aug. 3.