The debate about whether nuclear energy has a place in a net-zero energy system has been heating up recently. Oblivious to that debate, large electricity consumers are making their own plans. While Germany shut down its last nuclear reactors, Microsoft struck a deal to re-open the Three Mile Island plant to fuel its data centers. Nuclear is back. And the race to fuel the nuclear renaissance is on. In December last year, energy transition outlet Inside Climate News reported that Texas was reviving old uranium mines as it seeks to feed its high-tech…