Nuclear power generation
Sam Altman requires nuclear electricity firm Oklo community to assist ability his AI ambitions
On Friday, state-of-the-art nuclear fission company Oklo, for which Sam Altman serves as chairman, started out buying and selling on the New York Stock Exchange. The corporation, which has nonetheless to create any profits, went general public by way of a distinctive reason acquisition business referred to as AltC Acquisition Corp., started and led by […]
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Nuclear’s uncertain job in the change absent from fossil fuels is observed as crucial and really contentious
Cooling towers at a nuclear electric power plant in Slovakia. Nuclear electric power is most likely to be reviewed in terrific depth at the COP28 weather improve summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Janos Kummer | Getty Visuals Information | Getty Photographs The part that nuclear energy need to participate in in building a extra […]
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British isles selects website for prototype fusion vitality plant, says it will switch coal-fired facility
When there is a good deal of excitement about fusion, there are huge troubles much too. Jose A. Bernat Bacete | Minute | Getty Illustrations or photos The U.K. government has chosen the location for a prototype fusion strength plant, with the country’s Power Secretary, Jacob Rees-Mogg, describing the technological innovation as “a good hope.” […]
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‘Deeply worrying’: Liz Truss’ pick for Britain’s energy chief slammed by weather campaigners
Jacob Rees-Mogg photographed in London on Sept. 7, 2022. The lawmaker a short while ago called for far more fossil fuel extraction from the North Sea. Carl Court docket | Getty Pictures Information | Getty Photos LONDON — The U.K.’s new secretary of point out for small business, electricity and industrial method is a lawmaker […]
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Japan is pivoting back to nuclear after Fukushima disaster — and the IEA says it’ll help cool gas markets
This image, from March 2022, shows wind turbines in front of the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station in Japan. The country is now planning to use more nuclear power in the years ahead. Korekore | Istock | Getty Images Japanese plans to pivot back to using more nuclear power have been welcomed by the International Energy […]
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Japan just signaled a huge shift in its put up-Fukushima future
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida photographed in the course of a news meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. Rodrigo Reyes-Marin | Bloomberg | Getty Images The primary minister of Japan mentioned Wednesday that his country would restart a lot more idled nuclear ability crops and appear into the feasibility of building next-gen reactors. Fumio Kishida’s […]
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Goldman Sachs doesn’t see nuclear as a transformational technology for the future
A nuclear power plant photographed in Germany, on August 4, 2022. Discussions about nuclear’s role in Europe’s biggest economy have been thrown into sharp relief following Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February. Lennart Preiss | Getty Images News | Getty Images Nuclear has a role to play in the years ahead but it should […]
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Nuclear power plant lowers output to protect fish as Europe grapples with heatwave
Switzerland’s Beznau nuclear power plant photographed in July 2019. The facility uses the river Aare for cooling. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images A nuclear power plant in Switzerland is lowering its output in order to prevent the river that cools it from hitting temperature levels dangerous to marine life, in the latest example […]
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Working in the Diablo Canyon reactor control room turned this mom into a nuclear advocate
Heather Hoff was working in the control room of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant near in San Luis Obispo County, Calif., when an earthquake caused a tsunami that shut off the power supply cooling three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. Three nuclear reactor cores at Fukushima melted down. “It […]
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Sustainable recovery spending could be derailed by commodity price spikes following Ukraine war
Concerns related to both the energy transition and energy security have been thrown into sharp relief by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. At the same time, recent months have also seen commodity prices jump. Marcus Brandt | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The world’s governments have pledged more than $710 billion to “sustainable recovery measures” by […]
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