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Nuclear power is completely safe, I live in Illinois and we've never had a disaster even though we generate most of our energy from it. Having a modern nuclear power plant nearby would be awesome, and would continue to lower the price of electricity. A data center would just increase the price of electricity and waste water.
If you count taxes it might not be economically feasible: "A 2019 study by the economic think tank DIW Berlin, found that nuclear power has not been profitable anywhere in the world." Wikipedia
Nuclear is one of the most expensive sources of electricity. I grew up near a nuclear power plant, and it had so many incidents it seemed like it was shut down more often than it was running. One incident involved corrosion almost completely eating through the containment, which sounds pretty scary to me, but I'm not a nuclear technician.