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These Floating Nuclear Reactors—Powered by Salt—Could Supercharge America’s Electrical Grid
The small nuclear power plants will use molten salt in their fuel, making them safer and more versatile and portable than ...
Inside America’s next nuclear power revolution — as energy makes a comeback
Nuclear energy hasn’t just been making a comeback in recent months. According to many experts, including US Secretary of ...
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Why nuclear meltdowns happen and how next-gen reactors make them impossible
More than 440 commercial reactors generate almost 10 percent of global electricity, a carbon‑free flow that has quietly been ...
Nuclear startup Terrestrial Energy goes public via SPAC, netting $280M in merger
The North Carolina-based company is developing small modular reactors and expects to net $280 million from the deal. Before the SPAC merger, Terrestrial Energy had raised $94 million, according to ...
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NANO Nuclear Energy Assembles First ZEUS™ Advanced Portable Microreactor Hardware for Initial Testing
ZEUS, a solid core battery reactor, is being developed by NANO Nuclear as part of the next generation of portable, on-demand capable, advanced nuclear microreactors to provide clean, scalable ...
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Why 2,000 workers were just hired at NW’s only nuclear power reactor
A long robotic arm reaches down through 70 feet of water to move a spent nuclear fuel bundle inside the open core of Energy Northwests reactor north of Richland during a previous refueling outage.