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1,000-ton nuclear containment dome installed at China's 40 million MWh Haiyang plant
The recently-fitted nuclear containment dome measures roughly 134 feet (41 meters) in diameter and 36 feet (11 meters) in ...
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Palisades nuclear plant's comeback: Hope and hurdles ahead
The Palisades Power Plant in the USA could become the first to resume operations after a previous shutdown. Despite receiving ...
TerraPower CEO says company on track to deploy first-of-a-kind next-gen nuclear plant in 5 years
TerraPower CEO Chris Levesque offered a sunny picture Thursday for the work underway at the Bill Gates-backed nuclear power ...
Update: DOGE to close Hanford, PNNL claims office, 5 other federal leases in Eastern WA
Trump and Elon are rich enough that they’ve never had to rely on any of the services the federal government provides and they ...
Michigan nuclear plant shows the challenges the U.S. will face in safely restarting old reactors
The Palisades nuclear power plant aims to reopen in October, but the steam generators need major repairs that could delay the schedule.
DOGE to close Hanford, PNNL worker office and 5 other federal leases in Eastern WA
Trump and Elon are rich enough that they’ve never had to rely on any of the services the federal government provides and they ...
What’s next for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant after it was highlighted in Ukraine-US talks
During a call between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, the U.S. leader apparently suggested Volodymyr Zelenskyy consider transferring ownership of Ukraine’s power plants to ...
Trump and Putin agree to an immediate ceasefire for energy infrastructure in Ukraine conflict
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to hold talks on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin as he looks to ...
Trump’s plan to discuss Ukraine’s power plants with Putin prompts questions
The call, scheduled for Tuesday, will be the first known conversation between the two leaders since Mr. Putin laid out ...
This Seattle-area startup just raised $600K to capture carbon and turn it into graphite
Sustainable tech startup Homeostasis is capturing COâ‚‚ gas and transforming into a highly desired carbon called graphite ...
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Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
RTGs are essentially nuclear-powered batteries. But unlike the AAA batteries in your TV remote, RTGs can provide power for ... has awarded Washington State University with a $150,000 grant. The Hearst ...