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Nuclear fusion: US’ ORNL develops method to identify new alloys for reactors
Notably, developing alloys capable of enduring the harsh environment within a fusion reactor has been a critical hurdle in ...
Chatbots Are Saving America’s Nuclear Industry
Microsoft’s AI energy needs are bringing the infamous Three Mile Island power plant back from the dead.
Could Tiny Nuclear Reactors Solve AI Energy Needs? Microsoft and Google Seem to Think So
An AI search takes up to ten times more power than a traditional search engine. Alphabet (Google), Apple, Meta, and Microsoft ...
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Homestead nuclear reactors to continue operating into the 2050s
FPL planned to build two new reactors. But when cost overruns at other plants caused the company that designs and builds them ...
On-campus nuclear reactor approved for university in Texas
The small power plant is the first research reactor the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved in more than 40 years.
The US is dismantling nuclear warheads to power the next generation of reactors
The US used to get most of its enriched uranium from Russia. Now scientists and companies are racing to produce it at home.
In this latest skirmish between the future and its enemies, the future won.
Today Bloomberg reports that Constellation Energy Corp., the owner of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, plans to ...
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1st molten salt nuclear reactor in 30 years gains historic permit from US Agency
NRC has approved Abilene Christian University's Natura MSR-1, the first liquid salt-fueled reactor in the US in over 30 years ...