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After working closely together during the development process, NANO Nuclear Energy intends to transfer all the rights to the design and technology of its ODIN reactor to Cambridge AtomWorks, Interesting Engineering reported.
Two companies, TerraPower and Deep Fission, have proposed building advanced nuclear reactors in Kansas. TerraPower, co-founded by Bill Gates, is exploring a utility-scale plant with energy storage capabilities in partnership with Evergy.
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Engineers build sensors that can withstand the next generation of nuclear reactors
Nuclear power plants provide 20% of the nation's energy. To ensure they remain functional and safe to operate, plant engineers rely on sensors to provide feedback on a wide range of parameters, including temperature;
In the shadow of a service outage that affected millions of users, outside of Richland, Washington, internet commerce giant Amazon is building the first of a series of modular nuclear power stations to protect its data services from outages.
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9 nuclear inventions the Atomic Age nearly unleashed
The design included a sleek, jet-age body and forward cab placement to distance occupants from radiation exposure. While only ever realised as a non-functional scale model, the “Nucleon” embodied the era’s faith in limitless, portable nuclear energy.
In the middle of the Cold War, the film company found a surprising way to harness weapons-grade uranium.