Inside a Fusion Startup’s Insane, Top-Secret Opening Ceremony
So the race is on to engineer an efficient surrounding for fusion. One of Fuse’s ideas is to get a bunch of big capacitors to discharge at once, thus kick-starting …
Nuclear Power
A Uranium-Mining Boom Is Sweeping Through Texas
Michaelsen thought he had won. But when the TCEQ commissioners took up the question several months later, again they rejected all of the judge’s findings. In a 19-page order issued …
Operation Smash Hit Rammed A 100 MPH Train Into A Nuclear Waste Canister To Prove How Strong It Was
Researchers once broadcast a train crash live across the UK, but this wasn’t a high speed chase involving a runaway train. Instead, it was a scientific experiment carried out in …
Look inside the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant
Operations at Three Mile Island are poised to restart in four years, the latest sign that the nuclear power industry is undergoing a major turnaround after a wave of plant …
Three Mile Island nuclear turning point as Big Tech influence grows
Cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pennsylvania, Oct. 30, 2024. Danielle DeVries | CNBC MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — The owner of the Three Mile Island …
Biden Tees Up 2 More Major Nuclear Power Wins For Trump
President-elect Donald Trump wants to gut the Biden administration’s policies that promote wind turbines and electric vehicles. But nuclear power is the only source of energy with growing support among …
JD Vance Made A Good Point On Joe Rogan’s Podcast
JD Vance touted the benefits of nuclear power on Joe Rogan’s podcast and proposed spending as much as it costs to build an aircraft carrier to provide the United States’ …
Democrats Embrace Nuclear Power In Senate Races
Democratic candidates in several key Senate races are breaking with a long-standing taboo among liberal voters: They’re increasingly embracing nuclear power as tech companies, banks and governments pour money into …
Amazon, Ken Griffin Invest In Nuclear Power
Nearly a month after Microsoft bet $16 billion on reviving the defunct Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power its energy-hungry data centers, Google and now Amazon are inking massive …
Sam Altman-backed nuclear startup Oklo to start site work for Idaho microreactor
Rendering of a proposed commercial advanced fission power plant in the U.S. Courtesy: Oklo Inc. Nuclear startup Oklo is moving closer to initial construction of its first commercial microreactor, CEO …