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India eyes 100 GW nuclear power capacity by 2047 — but should it gamble on small reactors or stick to proven tech?
India is revisiting nuclear energy to meet increasing power demands and achieve energy independence, aiming for a 12.5-fold ...
For the First Time, Artificial Intelligence Is Being Used at a Nuclear Power Plant
Some lawmakers think additional guardrails are needed for future uses. For now, the facility will use AI to comply with ...
Big tech is going nuclear. Could Diablo Canyon be used to power AI in SLO County?
Artificial Intelligence is outpacing its own energy needs, and technology companies nationwide are turning to nuclear power ...
Robot starts 2nd mission to retrieve debris at the ruined Fukushima nuclear plant
A remote-controlled robot has embarked on its second mission to retrieve tiny bits of melted fuel debris from inside a damaged reactor at the Fukushima nuclear plant that was wrecked by a tsunami 14 y ...
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Era of reactor decommissioning starts, but waste sites still elusive
The first dismantling of a commercial reactor in Japan has started, ushering in a new period of decommissioning but with the same problem that has plagued the nuclear power industry for years.
How and where is nuclear waste stored in the US?
The decades-long struggle to find a permanent place to dispose of nuclear waste will continue, probably for many years to ...
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How Dangerous Nuclear Waste Is Stored in the U.S.
The decades-long struggle to find a permanent place to dispose of nuclear waste in the U.S. will continue, probably for many ...
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How and where is nuclear waste stored in the US?
The vast majority of nuclear waste in the U.S. is spent nuclear fuel from commercial nuclear power plants. Before it is used ... and generate electricity. After about five years, the fuel bundles ...