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Investment is pouring in as the hype around nuclear fusion grows
High-profile tech leaders are betting on nuclear fusion technology becoming a reality in the next d…
Lakshmi Varanasi
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Elon Musk is looking for trillions in government waste, and defense is a massive potential target
Defense is the largest area of discretionary spending in the federal budget, and Elon Musk has been…
Jake Epstein,Grace Kay
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Google is taking the nuclear option to power soaring demand for AI. Here's why it's such a big deal.
Google has struck a deal in its bid to power its energy-intensive AI data centers with nuclear, joi…
Hasan Chowdhury
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Big Tech goes nuclear: Amazon's pitch to use power plants shows the crucial role the energy source plays for AI
Big Tech, including Amazon and Microsoft, is pursuing nuclear power to meet soaring energy demands …
Dan DeFrancesco
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This new technology for nuclear power could help fuel the AI revolution
Swiss startup Transmutex has pioneered a way to both reduce nuclear waste and increase energy outpu…
Lakshmi Varanasi
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Josh Hawley blasts GOP leaders after a measure compensating victims exposed to nuclear waste radiation was stripped from the latest defense bill: 'A betrayal'
Hawley called out GOP leaders for their "betrayal" of victims affected by nuclear waste radiation. …
John L. Dorman
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Inside a nuclear tomb: The underground store that's humanity's first attempt to dispose of nuclear waste for 100,000 years
Finland is on the cusp of turning that into reality, beating countries like China, the US, and the …
Marianne Guenot
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Inside a nuclear tomb: The underground store that's humanity's first attempt to dispose of nuclear waste for 100,000 years
Finland is on the cusp of turning that into reality, beating countries like China, the US, and the …
Marianne Guenot
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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
NIF achieved ignition with its fusion device for the third time this year. The research could one d…
Jenny McGrath
Why Ukraine's nuclear waste is a major threat
Nuclear plants in Ukraine aren't at risk for a Chernobyl-style meltdown, but destabilizing the kind…
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Radioactive waste was found at an elementary school playground near a site where nuclear weapons were made in WWII
Jana Elementary School is located near Coldwater Creek, which was contaminated with nuclear waste i…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Rolls-Royce unveils a concept nuclear reactor that could one day power a colony on the moon
Rolls-Royce is hoping its micronuclear reactor could be installed on the moon by the early 2030s.
Marianne Guenot
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Chernobyl's nuclear fuel is smoldering. To prevent another accident, researchers are studying the site's radioactive lava.
In a lab, scientists recreated the lava produced by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. They hope to fi…
Aria Bendix
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Fighting near Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant damaged a building housing radioactive waste and fresh fuel, watchdog photos show
IAEA chief Rafael Mariano Grossi said after last week's mission that the "physical integrity of the…
Jake Epstein
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Microsoft is planning to use nuclear energy to power its AI data centers, according to a job posting
The tech giant is exploring plans to use nuclear energy to power its AI data centres as it grapples…
Tom Carter
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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
Most nuclear reactors use water as a coolant. Molten-salt reactors use salts with higher boiling po…
Jenny McGrath
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'Oppenheimer' fact v. fiction: What the movie got right and wrong according to a nuclear historian
Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" is historically accurate in many ways, but it's still a work of f…
Jenny McGrath
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Nuclear power could transform the US energy grid — but decades of roadblocks and rising prices are standing in the way
Experts say relying more nuclear power could reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, especially as t…
Avery Hartmans
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Russia joins China and South Korea in expressing 'serious concern' at Japan's plan to release waste water from the Fukushima nuclear disaster
Russia wants more information from Japan, spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday, including an…
Marianne Guenot
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How to build a cheap DIY underground bunker to protect you from nuclear fallout, in 6 steps
This cheap DIY underground bunker could help you survive nuclear fallout if an attack is imminent. …