VCs have poured billions into a nascent nuclear technology — these are the 4 companies to watch
The industry consensus is that they produce less power — around 300 megawatts instead of the 1,000 megawatts, or 1 gigawatt — ...
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NASA's lunar nuclear reactor design has major flaw, claim China's scientists
Chinese engineers identify a design flaw in NASA's lunar nuclear reactor, suggesting improvements that could boost efficiency ...
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Fuel breakthrough paves way for cutting-edge nuclear reactor
The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has cleared a major hurdle in making a Generation IV nuclear reactor practical. Using a ...
General Fusion fires up its newest steampunk fusion reactor
The reactor, called Lawson Machine 26 (LM26), is General Fusion’s latest iteration in a string of devices that have tested ...
Texas lawmaker proposes $2 billion effort to jump start the state’s nuclear power industry
The $2 billion proposal is a priority bill in the Texas House. The fund would support grant and incentive programs to build a ...
Glowing pains: Developing nuclear power could cost Utah tens of billions
The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Utah News Dispatch. Gov.
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Next up for nuclear power: small, transportable and made in a factory near Pittsburgh
Small, transportable and mass-produced “microreactors” are seen as part of the future of nuclear power. And it's underway in ...
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TerraPower plans global rollout of nuclear reactor
US-based nuclear technology company TerraPower and engineering company KBR (formerly Kellogg Brown & Root) have formed a ...
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Big Tech's big bet on nuclear power to fuel artificial intelligence
That's the nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania whose reactor #2 had a partial meltdown in 1979. There were no injuries, and nobody died, but it set the nuclear industry back years. Only two new ...