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Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers would give China's growing navy new reach, and researchers say it's working on the reactor to power one

Tue, 11/12/2024 - 13:40

A satellite image shows various sites of China building a nuclear reactor for an aircraft carrier. — China built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for a large warship, potentially an aircraft carrier.
Planet Labs PBC/Middlebury Institute of International Studies

Military & Defense, Defense, satellite-images, China, nuclear-power, aircraft-carrier

Amazon invests in nuclear energy, hot on the heels of Google and Microsoft

Wed, 10/16/2024 - 12:10

An image of X Energy's XE-100 nuclear reactors — An image from X-energy's website showing the design of its XE-100 nuclear reactor plants.
X Energy

Tech, AI, amazon, AWS, AI, data-centers, nuclear-power

These Chinese nuclear submarines show it's serious about countering US dominance under the waves

Sun, 08/25/2024 - 05:00

Chinese navy Type 094A Jin-class submarine — Chinese nuclear-powered submarines have evolved over decades from problem-plagued classes to formidable assets like the Type 094 ballistic missile boat.
MARK SCHIEFELBEIN/AFP via Getty Images

Military & Defense, Military, mildef-freelance, China, submarine, nuclear-power

Warren Buffett warned AI is like the atomic bomb, but this expert thinks he's being way too gloomy

Sat, 05/18/2024 - 07:04

Warren Buffet — Warren Buffett.
Bill Pugliano / Stringer / Getty Images

finance, Tech, trending-uk, finance, Tech, warren-buffett, berkshire-hathaway

A Bill Gates company is about to start building a nuclear power plant in Wyoming

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:05

TerraPower — A rendering of TerraPower's nuclear power plant design.
TerraPower

energy, Science, energy, Science, bill-gates, Tech, nuclear-power

US scientists have launched a new nuclear era they call the 'age of ignition' but it's still a distant dream from the age of nuclear power

Thu, 12/21/2023 - 17:59

Two people in white coverall suits look at the machinery at the National Ignition Facility Target Area. — Operators inspect the National Ignition Facility target chamber where the fusion ignition experiments take place.
Jason Laurea/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Science, national-ignition-facility, Fusion, fusion-power-plant, nuclear-power, lawrence-livermore-national-labs

The US wants to build a different kind of nuclear reactor from a decades-old concept that could power ships and other off-the-grid locations

Tue, 12/19/2023 - 17:25

A circular window with molten salt pouring onto a surface — Molten salts are used as coolants in the Papirus installation at CEA Cadarache in Saint-Paul-les-Durance, France.
Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images

Science, nuclear-reactor, nuclear-power, molten-salt-reactor, kairos-power

2 nuclear reactors that can power 1 million US homes with clean, sustainable energy is $21 billion over budget and years behind schedule

Tue, 12/19/2023 - 13:59

two cooling towers for a nuclear reactor appear above their power plants with many transmission lines running from them — Units 3, left, and 4 and their cooling towers stand at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant in Waynesboro, Georgia.
AP Photo/John Bazemore

Science, energy, nuclear-power, nuclear-energy, nuclear-reactor, Georgia, clean-energy

Uranium prices top $80 for the first time in 15 years as demand for nuclear power surges

Tue, 11/21/2023 - 14:39

Uranium — Uranium
Getty Images

Markets, mi-exclusive, uranium-prices, nuclear-power, nuclear-energy, Mining, clean-energy

Hedge funds are pouring money into uranium stocks as they bet on a nuclear-powered future

Mon, 10/30/2023 - 15:31

Nuclear power plant — Nuclear power plant
Getty Images

Markets, mi-exclusive, nuclear-power, Uranium, uranium-prices, climate-change, Decarbonization

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