Cleve Horrocksflipped into Sustainable Living and CommunitiesNuclear Energy The World's First Nuclear Fusion Power Plant Is Coming verified_publisherPopular Mechanics - By Caroline DelbertIn the U.K., energy developers are making plans to choose a site for the world’s first fusion power plant. As with most fusion projects, this milestone is likely at least a decade away, and the site in...
AvatarLeeflipped into Math + ScienceNuclear Fusion America Finally Makes Plans for Its Own Nuclear Fusion Power Plant verified_publisherPopular Mechanics - By Caroline DelbertIt's happening at last. For the first time, a major group of American scientists has agreed to work toward opening a nuclear fusion plant by the 2040s. The timeframe is intentional, letting scientists...
NPRflipped into U.S. NewsNuclear Energy Smaller Nuclear Plants May Come With Less Stringent Safety Rules verified_publisherNPR - Jeff BradyFor more than a half century, nuclear power has been focused on one kind of plant: a huge, complicated, expensive facility, with armed guards, located away from cities and next to a river. Now, a new of...
DW Newsflipped into TechnologyMiddle East UAE launches Arab world's first nuclear power plant verified_publisherDW News - DW English The Barakah nuclear power station is an attempt to meet the demands of the energy-hungry Gulf state. Abu Dhabi also hopes the project will elevate …
Popular Mechanicsflipped into Science!Uranium America Wants to Put a Nuclear Power Plant on the Moon verified_publisherPopular Mechanics - By Caroline DelbertWhat happens to all that highly enriched uranium in space? Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DoE) Idaho National Laboratory have a new design for a nuclear power plant they say could allow...
SlashGearflipped into SlashGear - All StoriesNASA Nuclear power plants could power colonies on the Moon and Mars slashgear.com - Shane McGlaun One of the challenges of prolonged presence on the moon or the surface of another planet, such as Mars, is finding the power needed to make human …
BBC Newsflipped into Top StoriesEnergy Sizewell C: Government in talks to fund £20bn nuclear plant bbc.co.uk - By Roger Harrabin & Simon ReadThe government has begun talks with EDF about the construction of a new £20bn nuclear power plant in Suffolk. The Sizewell C site could generate 3.2 gigawatts of electricity, enough to provide 7% of the...
Associated Pressflipped into International NewsEurope Belarus opens nuclear plant opposed by neighboring Lithuania Associated PressKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Saturday formally opened the country’s first nuclear power plant, a project sharply criticized by neighboring Lithuania. Lukashenko said...
