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Here's How to Build Your Own Nuclear Power Plant

Nuke Crew A new site claims to offer a guide to building an entire nuclear power plant, from the reactor vessels to the Homer Simpson-esque control panels. "We only just launched and in the last two...

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Nuclear Reactors Shut Down by "Jellyfish-Like Organisms"

Salp Clog Small gelatinous marine organisms called sea salps are wreaking havoc on two nuclear reactors in South Korea, forcing them offline, Bloomberg reports. In a matter of just three weeks, the...

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Russia Wants to Send a Nuclear-Powered "Space Tug" to Jupiter

Russia's space agency Roscosmos has announced that it's planning to send a nuclear-powered "space tug" as far as Jupiter in 2030. According to state-owned news agency TASS, the mission of the uncrewed...

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Startup Wants to Build Tiny Nuclear Reactors That Run Off Nuclear Waste

Off-Site Microreactors A Silicon Valley-based startup called Oklo wants to build tiny nuclear reactors that can run off spent fuel from much bigger, conventional nuclear reactors, CNBC reports. Experts...

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Russia Proposes Nuclear Power Plant on Mars

Nuclear Plant The concept of using nuclear power to build out our human presence in other parts of the solar system is as alive as it's ever been. Case in point, a subsidiary of Russia’s Roscosmos...

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Elon Musk Says It's Totally Possible to Build "Extremely Safe" Nuclear Plants

Pro Nuclear Tesla CEO Elon Musk is totally on board when it comes to nuclear energy. The billionaire discussed the topic during this week's B-Word crypto innovation conference. "I think modern nuclear...

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Bill Gates and Warren Buffet Are Building an Experimental Nuclear Plant in a...

Introducing Natrium Microsoft CEO Bill Gates has decided to fully LARP as Mr. Burns from "The Simpsons" by starting his own nuclear power plant — and he’s chosen a tiny Wyoming city to build it in....

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Authorities Furious That Russia Attacked Nuclear Plant

As if invading Ukraine wasn't provocation enough, Russian troops reportedly opened fire last night at Europe's largest nuclear power station, the Zaporizhzhia plant in eastern Ukraine. Parts of the...

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Elon Musk Says We Need More Nuclear Energy After Russia Targets Power Plants

Going Nuclear SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's name has come up a surprisingly amount during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Not only did he send a shipment of Starlink terminals to the country after the Russian...

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Chernobyl Meltdown Site Loses Power After Russian Invasion

Blackout The Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine was hit by a blackout after Russian forces caused significant damage to the facility last month, according to the International Atomic Energy...

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Experts Warn UK Government Not to Bury Nuclear Waste Under Ocean Floor

Please Don't In case you were wondering if it was environmentally sound to bury a massive stockpile of untreated nuclear waste beneath the ocean floor, the answer that many UK-based experts will likely...

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Officials Beg Russia to Stop Bombing Near Europe's Largest Nuclear Plant

Shell Shocker Officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nation's nuclear watchdog, are alarmed by Russia's bombing near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in a...

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Russia Warns That Nuclear Plant It Captured May Leak Waste Over Europe

Russia's Ministry of Defense has warned that the nuclear power plant it's currently occupying in southern Ukraine could suffer damage and result in an accident if shelling continues, CNBC reports. The...

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Battle-Scarred Ukraine Nuclear Plant Cooling Systems Hanging by a Thread,...

Not Good Put bluntly, the situation at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is bad. Really bad. The New York Times reports that shelling around the Russia-controlled plant has destroyed the power...

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Greta Thunberg Thinks Germany Shutting Down Its Nuclear Plants Is a Bad Idea

Who Needs Coal? Prominent climate activist Greta Thunberg has seemingly changed her tune — or at least softened her stance — on nuclear power. In an interview on the German national TV channel Das...

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France Discovers Ominous Cracks in Dozens of Nuclear Reactors

Bad Reaction Europe's energy crisis may have just gotten worse. The Wall Street Journal reports that dozens of France's nuclear reactors — which, amid Russia's devastating stranglehold on the...

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NASA Signs Deal for Nuclear-Powered Rocket That Will Eventually Power Mars...

Going Nuclear NASA, joined by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), could be testing a nuclear-powered rocket in space within the next three years. On Wednesday, the agencies announced...

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Teen Activist Lectures Greenpeace to Stop Railing Against Nuclear Power

Peace, Greenpeace Young climate activist Ia Anstoot believes that the old guard at Greenpeace, one of the world's most prominent environmental groups, should stop its anti-nuclear vendetta, The...

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Microsoft Training AI to Do Paperwork to Build Nuclear Power Plants

Three Mile AIsland Tech giant Microsoft is betting big on nuclear power to power its extremely electricity-hungry AI models. On its own, that shouldn't come as too much of a surprise. Machine learning...

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MIT Claims Superconducting Breakthrough Means Fusion Power Can Be Practical

Live Fusion Reaction More than two years since MIT claimed its scientists achieved a breakthrough in fusion energy, the university is claiming that new research "confirms" that the magnet-based design...

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