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Palisades nuclear plant plans for a 2025 comeback, a 1st in the U.S.
On the shores of Lake Michigan at the Palisades nuclear plant, Paul Schultz pushes a button to artificially trip the reactor ...
ABC News10d
Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted 13 years after Fukushima disaster is shut down again
A Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted last week for the first time in more than 13 years after it survived a massive ...
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Operate Your Own Nuclear Reactor, Virtually
If you’ve ever wanted to operate your own nuclear reactor, you probably aren’t going to get one in your backyard shop. However, thanks to the University of Manchester, you can get a simulated ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle21d
The first nuclear reactor, explained
Nicknamed “Chicago Pile-1,” the world’s first nuclear reactor kicked off the Atomic Age and has a complicated legacy, including the rise of both nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. As physicists came ...
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Nuclear Reactor Simulator Is The Project Of A Lifetime
He’s done it for real. His memories of working at a Westinghouse Pressurized Water Reactor over 30 years ago are so sharp that he’s been building a nuclear reactor “simulator” running on ...
Science News22d
Tech companies want small nuclear reactors. Here’s how they’d work
To fuel the insatiable energy appetite of artificial intelligence, tech companies are going big on small nuclear reactors. Last week, both Google and Amazon announced agreements with companies ...
Forbes1y
Fourth Generation Nuclear Reactors Take A Big Step Forward
The first generation of nuclear power plants were built in the 1950s and 1960s and were based on light water reactor technology. These reactors use water as a coolant and neutron moderator ...
ABC News3d
A look at the research revealing China's work on prototype nuclear reactor to power aircraft carrier
U.S. researchers have concluded that China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor to power future aircraft carriers BANGKOK -- China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN8d
4 US students push for next-gen nuclear reactor materials for endless power
Four Texas A&M University academics are leading the way in nuclear material research to help develop safer, more advanced ...
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Japan launches world's first steady-state nuclear fusion reactor in bid to offer limitless energy: 'Up and creating electrical power within the next 10 years'
A Tokyo-based company called Helical Fusion is set to launch a first-of-its-kind steady-state nuclear fusion reactor, Interesting Engineering reported. It would be considered a "pilot" reactor ...
Breakthrough at Fukushima: First Nuclear Fuel Sample Extracted from Reactor
A robot tasked with searching the wreckage inside Fukushima Daiichi's Unit 2 reactor has retrieved a sample of melted nuclear fuel.
Yahoo Finance28d
Nuclear reactors an 'emerging space' to meet rising energy needs
turning to energy startups to build nuclear reactors to meet the energy demands of artificial intelligence. This ranges from Amazon (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT), and Alphabet's Google (GOOG ...